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<blockquote data-quote="russ010" data-source="post: 103147" data-attributes="member: 677"><p>I think you'll regret the stepdown if you do it... Your boat is plenty wide enough, so stability shouldn't be an issue. A friend fished out of mine the other night and I let him drive it and fish from there for a while. He's bigger than me by about 4" and 75lbs... he had no problems whatsoever. It took him getting adjusted because he's fishing out of a 1236, and mine being a 1546 makes a big difference. he was running from front to back off the back bench to the center and couldn't believe how stable it was... I was fishing from the front the whole time.</p><p></p><p>One other thing you can do to help with stability if it bothers you is get a lean to pedestal seat for the front. I've just got a 13" & 11" pedestal attached to each other because I'm not spending $75 for 1 that looks like it would break (not to mention the reviews I've read on them). These seats put your body weight to the center of the boat and will even things out. Have you put it out on the water yet just to see if you like being up that high? You might consider doing that before anything (even if you have it broken down right now)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="russ010, post: 103147, member: 677"] I think you'll regret the stepdown if you do it... Your boat is plenty wide enough, so stability shouldn't be an issue. A friend fished out of mine the other night and I let him drive it and fish from there for a while. He's bigger than me by about 4" and 75lbs... he had no problems whatsoever. It took him getting adjusted because he's fishing out of a 1236, and mine being a 1546 makes a big difference. he was running from front to back off the back bench to the center and couldn't believe how stable it was... I was fishing from the front the whole time. One other thing you can do to help with stability if it bothers you is get a lean to pedestal seat for the front. I've just got a 13" & 11" pedestal attached to each other because I'm not spending $75 for 1 that looks like it would break (not to mention the reviews I've read on them). These seats put your body weight to the center of the boat and will even things out. Have you put it out on the water yet just to see if you like being up that high? You might consider doing that before anything (even if you have it broken down right now) [/QUOTE]
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