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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
1965 lonsestar alum.
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<blockquote data-quote="catboat" data-source="post: 22723" data-attributes="member: 294"><p>Hi everyone, new to the site, but been doing alot of reading on here some very good info.. So I have a question for the experts. My boat is a 16' Alum. utility boat design with 3 seats, the bow is closed across front of boat about 4' back with storage,this area does not go all the way down to floor its off floor about 1'. The seats are riveted to the bottom of the boat. The seat have braces that come down from the top of boat to the top of the seats. What I would like to do is cut the middle seat down about 10" leaving the braces intact and the bottom portion of the seat intact, so there would be about 9" of seat still left on each side and about 3" left along the bottom. Would I be losing to much support to do this? If this is possible would it be too much to do the front seat the same way, only not cutting the front support as low and then having a step up of about 5" to finish out front of boat with decking? Would it be possible for this or should I just cut on the middle bench? I plan on using angle riveted to seats to support deck, there is 28" of floor in between seats. I hope this makes sense to you, if you have questions please ask. Thank you in advance for the help would hate to ruin my fishing boat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catboat, post: 22723, member: 294"] Hi everyone, new to the site, but been doing alot of reading on here some very good info.. So I have a question for the experts. My boat is a 16' Alum. utility boat design with 3 seats, the bow is closed across front of boat about 4' back with storage,this area does not go all the way down to floor its off floor about 1'. The seats are riveted to the bottom of the boat. The seat have braces that come down from the top of boat to the top of the seats. What I would like to do is cut the middle seat down about 10" leaving the braces intact and the bottom portion of the seat intact, so there would be about 9" of seat still left on each side and about 3" left along the bottom. Would I be losing to much support to do this? If this is possible would it be too much to do the front seat the same way, only not cutting the front support as low and then having a step up of about 5" to finish out front of boat with decking? Would it be possible for this or should I just cut on the middle bench? I plan on using angle riveted to seats to support deck, there is 28" of floor in between seats. I hope this makes sense to you, if you have questions please ask. Thank you in advance for the help would hate to ruin my fishing boat. [/QUOTE]
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