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First fishing boat. 86 Lund Mr.Pike, 16 foot.
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<blockquote data-quote="jigngrub" data-source="post: 370238" data-attributes="member: 6657"><p>As mentioned above, MDF isn't suitable for boats or a marine environment.</p><p></p><p>1/2" isn't strong enough to support the leveraged thrust of a pedestal seat without some sort of backer plate installed below the decking. I suggest a minimum of 5/8" decking for pedestal seats. Use 1/4-20 stainless steel T-nuts and 1/4-20 oval head machine screws to fasten the pedestals to the decking.</p><p></p><p>Replace your floatation foam with the rigid extruded polystyrene sheet foam insulation (Owens Corning Foamular), you don't want your new to you boat sinking to the bottom of the lake and leaving you bobbing around on the surface screaming for help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jigngrub, post: 370238, member: 6657"] As mentioned above, MDF isn't suitable for boats or a marine environment. 1/2" isn't strong enough to support the leveraged thrust of a pedestal seat without some sort of backer plate installed below the decking. I suggest a minimum of 5/8" decking for pedestal seats. Use 1/4-20 stainless steel T-nuts and 1/4-20 oval head machine screws to fasten the pedestals to the decking. Replace your floatation foam with the rigid extruded polystyrene sheet foam insulation (Owens Corning Foamular), you don't want your new to you boat sinking to the bottom of the lake and leaving you bobbing around on the surface screaming for help. [/QUOTE]
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