Sweet! I just started work on my boat... that I bought 2 days ago... but it's the exact same boat. Take a look at what I've got going https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=7842
I'll be keeping a close eye on your ideas too!
I'm thinking about moving the battery to the front of the boat...
I also saw in this post (https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=7765) where Rumbles used a rubber mat on top of some foam for his floor. Rather than carpet my back deck (and new seats, when I get there) - his idea...
Between the previous post and now, I've done a lot of thinking and just a little bit of work...
Picture 18 & 21 will show you that I've added 4 pieces of 2x2. The first 2 pieces run just on the outside of my large support boards. This is just to increase the size of the lip that I have to...
Some updates... I'm making it up as I go. :-)
I removed the old bench seat.
Cut a 1x12 to lengh & slid it into the existing brackets.
Cut a 2x12 to match the angle of the transom braces, ripped it to ~10 3/4" and then cut it to length to slide under the bench. (I repeated the process on the...
Thanks! I was hoping that I could just "suspend" the deck like the built in benches. But I see pretty much every deck mod on the forum has had additional bracing of some type, so I'll brobably throw in some 2x2s following some of those examples.
Ok, I just found this site and I'm a noob... but an excited one, if that's worth anything. I just bought this 16' entire rig and discovered that the wood underneath the bench seats was totally rotten. I pulled the back seat with intentions of just replacing the wood... then decided a back deck...