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<blockquote data-quote="Cheeseball" data-source="post: 91386" data-attributes="member: 838"><p>Ok I have to chime in.</p><p></p><p>First let me say, Post some pics we friggin love pictures of boats :WELCOME: </p><p></p><p>Here's my answers:</p><p></p><p>1. On my boat I used the tops of the seats. They aren't perfect but close enough. You can confirm by measuring down the sides from the gunnels. (At least up to the point your gunnels curve up at the bow)</p><p></p><p>2. If you fish a river like the one I fish (shallow and rocky) keep your boat as light as possible. Go with aluminum. It is more expensive, but if you look around you can scrounge a lot of the material you will need. (old alum. ladders, window frames, etc...) Look around this sites in some of the other threads there are tons of scavenging ideas there.</p><p></p><p>3. I would keep your decks low. </p><p></p><p>4. You don't need a BP but I would recommend you do get one.</p><p></p><p>5. If you fish tournaments yes. Otherwise no.</p><p></p><p>6. 12V wiring is pretty simple. Again look around the site under the Electrical topic. Tons of info. Also if your planning anything complicated I recommend the book "The 12 volt Bible" it has more info on 12v than you'll ever need.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cheeseball, post: 91386, member: 838"] Ok I have to chime in. First let me say, Post some pics we friggin love pictures of boats :WELCOME: Here's my answers: 1. On my boat I used the tops of the seats. They aren't perfect but close enough. You can confirm by measuring down the sides from the gunnels. (At least up to the point your gunnels curve up at the bow) 2. If you fish a river like the one I fish (shallow and rocky) keep your boat as light as possible. Go with aluminum. It is more expensive, but if you look around you can scrounge a lot of the material you will need. (old alum. ladders, window frames, etc...) Look around this sites in some of the other threads there are tons of scavenging ideas there. 3. I would keep your decks low. 4. You don't need a BP but I would recommend you do get one. 5. If you fish tournaments yes. Otherwise no. 6. 12V wiring is pretty simple. Again look around the site under the Electrical topic. Tons of info. Also if your planning anything complicated I recommend the book "The 12 volt Bible" it has more info on 12v than you'll ever need. [/QUOTE]
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