FishyItch
Well-known member
Okay, so here is a big question... Why do we build floors for our boats? I'm not talking about raised decks; I understand the reasoning there. I'm just talking about flat floors on the bottom of the boat. I'm currently rebuilding the interior of my boat and I understand I need benches so I have something to anchor the seats to; but why do I need a floor? Last season I had scraps of carpet that fit the floor sections and I just put them on the aluminum bottom. I thought that was just fine. If I don't put floor sections in my boat it will be a lot less work and there won't be as much added plywood weight in the boat.
Maybe a little information would help. I have a 16' Deep-V Lund. There are three benches. Excluding the area in the stern where the gas tank is, there are three floor areas in the boat. Two of them are pretty flat, but the one near the bow isn't very flat at all because of the V-shape of the bow.
So here's two questions I pose to your collective mind.
1) Why do we put floors in our boats? Is there something I'm missing?
2) If I don't want to build a floor for my boat is there another alternative you guys have used? Maybe a thick pad between the aluminum and the carpet?
Thanks.
Maybe a little information would help. I have a 16' Deep-V Lund. There are three benches. Excluding the area in the stern where the gas tank is, there are three floor areas in the boat. Two of them are pretty flat, but the one near the bow isn't very flat at all because of the V-shape of the bow.
So here's two questions I pose to your collective mind.
1) Why do we put floors in our boats? Is there something I'm missing?
2) If I don't want to build a floor for my boat is there another alternative you guys have used? Maybe a thick pad between the aluminum and the carpet?
Thanks.