Hello all this is my first post. I recently purchased a 12' v hull and have started my conversion. I tore out all the factory bench seats and have framed a deck 3.5 '' up from the bottom from the transom 6' out. From there it steps up 5 1/2 '' to a higher casting deck the rest of the way. Most conversions I see take the decks up to the top of the factory seats or higher, I didn't want to do this because of stability. I am pretty much a fly fishing only guy these days and when casting 6 inch flies to Pike, Musky and Bass there tends to be a little more movement going on than with spinning gear so I kept the decks low for that reason. I have seen people with homemade outriggers on there boats and was wondering if anyone has experience in this. If 6'' PVC pipe outriggers were to make my boat stable enough to square dance on I would be willing to invest the time and money to make them. If they only offer a small amount of added stability then I would just as soon be careful when fishing. My next question is about paint. I cleaned and primed the bottom of the inside of the boat before building the deck with grey primer. Main reason was the dark green paint that was on already there made it impossible to see my pencil marks. I really like the look of grey Primer and was wondering if there's any type of satin spray can clear coat I could put over that on the outside of the boat? Once my wife gets over to see the boat I'll get her to post some pictures. I'm really not tech savy and don't own a camera or camera phone, just a whole bunch of power tools.