drewmitch44
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i own a 14' simi V aluminum boat that has 3 seats built in its a DMI. Dont know who makes DMI it but its rated for up to a 15hp and i just got that briggs 5 hp. all 3 seats have the flotation built in to them. Well im thinking about cutting out the center seat and making a deck on the bow platform. Since ive owned the boat ive ordered carpet from cabelas and its all carpeted since i use it only in fresh water. The bow of the boat has a area that is bigger than most utilitie boats and its flat in the point so there i have mounted a foot controlled trolling motor. This boat is like a Mod V most of the bottom is flat like you can walk around in it but i glued carpet to the sides and bottom all except in the center where the boat drains. Its rated for 960 pounds and like 1100 with motor pers and gear. something like that. so im thinking about decking from the front V til the back of the front seat or a little farther back from that. The middle seat i want to install a livewell but some of the flotation has to go. really i want to take the middle seat out so there is like a lower flat area in the boat and in the rear i want to deck out the back seat and make the area between the back seat and transom like a casting deck too with hatches to the gas tanks and bilge pump. As of now i have no bilge cause the boat does not leak a drop and i get dropped off on my days off in the morning at 6 and clock and chain my traylor to a tree and picked up at 6 in the afternoon. So i have 2 trolling batt's but usually one does ok. so any advice would be healpful!!!!!
