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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
Ready to begin my build. Looking for a bit of advice.
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<blockquote data-quote="mikejjmay" data-source="post: 449745" data-attributes="member: 23447"><p>Im new to the whole tin boats scene, but based on my many MANY hours of reading everyones builds ill try to answer.</p><p></p><p>1) I would say due the deck first if you want the deck supported off the bottom of the boat, since they you can build your floor around your supports. If you want the deck to be built off the floor, you would obviously need to build the floor first, I just wouldn't do it this way cause if you wanted to remove the floor at some point to replace/recarpet, you would have to remove the whole deck first.</p><p></p><p>2) what is the front deck currently made of? is it aluminum or wood? If aluminum, i would leave it and add in the seat. If wood, and the wood is bad, i would pull it to have it be one piece. I would leave the deck at its current height, and just build a support up to the egde for the trolling motor mount. Lots of examples of that in here.</p><p></p><p>3) seems like everyone here will say use aluminum - less weight, more durability, etc. If you plan on keeping the boat a long time, seems like a good investment. Mine is a 2-3 year boat til i can step up to something better, so i opted for wood. However is still did the wood right (correct type, sealed, etc). No one likes a half *** job.</p><p></p><p>Have you taken it out much yet? Maybe float in it for a while, that deck seems pretty big, maybe it wouldn't need extended?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mikejjmay, post: 449745, member: 23447"] Im new to the whole tin boats scene, but based on my many MANY hours of reading everyones builds ill try to answer. 1) I would say due the deck first if you want the deck supported off the bottom of the boat, since they you can build your floor around your supports. If you want the deck to be built off the floor, you would obviously need to build the floor first, I just wouldn't do it this way cause if you wanted to remove the floor at some point to replace/recarpet, you would have to remove the whole deck first. 2) what is the front deck currently made of? is it aluminum or wood? If aluminum, i would leave it and add in the seat. If wood, and the wood is bad, i would pull it to have it be one piece. I would leave the deck at its current height, and just build a support up to the egde for the trolling motor mount. Lots of examples of that in here. 3) seems like everyone here will say use aluminum - less weight, more durability, etc. If you plan on keeping the boat a long time, seems like a good investment. Mine is a 2-3 year boat til i can step up to something better, so i opted for wood. However is still did the wood right (correct type, sealed, etc). No one likes a half *** job. Have you taken it out much yet? Maybe float in it for a while, that deck seems pretty big, maybe it wouldn't need extended? [/QUOTE]
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Ready to begin my build. Looking for a bit of advice.
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