Hoping for some advice please. I have this 16’ misty river with a side console in it. I am in the process of redoing the wood on the bench seats, and am motivated to tweak the steering console. I’m just a little stuck on what is feasible/makes the most sense.
The existing side console is just some plywood bolted to angle iron below the gunnel. Sticks out ~2ft towards the Center of the boat, unsupported on the inboard side.
I’d love to raise it a few inches- tight cause of the steering cable length, but feasible. More importantly though, I’d like to get the whee closer to the center of the boat.
Should I just hang a slightly longer console? I fee like that won’t be very stable. Wouldn’t want the whole thing to collapse as I go over a wave cause of the leverage exerted on the angle iron by the gunnel.
Could I support it to the floor using wood? I.e. cut to length and wedge in place vertical supports on the inboard side? Any concern with that putting too much pressure and flex a gain at the aluminum hull?
Open to ideas. Never really tried to change the structure in a tin boat.
Thanks
The existing side console is just some plywood bolted to angle iron below the gunnel. Sticks out ~2ft towards the Center of the boat, unsupported on the inboard side.
I’d love to raise it a few inches- tight cause of the steering cable length, but feasible. More importantly though, I’d like to get the whee closer to the center of the boat.
Should I just hang a slightly longer console? I fee like that won’t be very stable. Wouldn’t want the whole thing to collapse as I go over a wave cause of the leverage exerted on the angle iron by the gunnel.
Could I support it to the floor using wood? I.e. cut to length and wedge in place vertical supports on the inboard side? Any concern with that putting too much pressure and flex a gain at the aluminum hull?
Open to ideas. Never really tried to change the structure in a tin boat.
Thanks