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[QUOTE]RyanJoz - 10/26/2009  9:45 PM

[QUOTE]Ranger - 10/26/2009  11:26 AM
Your work is great, much better than what I can do. Oh, last, I tried to fish standing toward the bow but couldn't handle waves very well up there. Much easier (and safer) to stand in the rear of the boat for me.

Good luck with your project! Hope I was helpful. 
ps- Can you provide more details about "bracing to prevent warping"?  How did you go about that?[/QUOTE]

First off thanks for the comment about quality.  I did my homework, talked to a carpenter friend, and spent a lot of time on it.

Bracing:  I ran into a heavy heavy downpour before I had the wood painted (to see how well i liked it and how well it worked for me.  I fished through the rain as I had seen muskies and thought I was not going home yet(this after being pushed in the river by the district biologist trying to help me load up the boat).  I then let the boat dry in my parents garage as I was still in college, and the wood warped and did not fit.  I used the 2x4 to straighten it back out so that it was perfectly flat.  The 2x4 worked very well, but I had to use 3 1/2" screws to get it to pull it down without stripping out the wood.  Torx head screws are the only way to go for this situation as the bit will not "cam out"....you don't have to lean on the screw with the drill, you can put them in with one hand if you are strong enough to keep the drill from twisting off your arm.

I too run 3 rods, big kahuna, lakewood monster, and a couple stowaways, one full of tools which I can open up, oil, dry out, and another full of spinnerbaits in ziplocs.  I have a 14' alumacraft t-14s, and with a 15 hp johnson, she goes 25 GPS SPEED with a lowrance hds5.  I can take more pics with it fully loaded this week if you are interested to see how it all works.  The net is a hastle, but it holds fish very very nicely and is worth the sacrifice.  For a '89 the boat is not in bad shape.  The motor is a '99 and has never seen the shop at all.  Dad and I change the lower unit oil and fog it annually, but other than that she sees water for all but about two months (powerplant lakes for bass).[/QUOTE]

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Posted 10/26/2009 9:45 PM (#406574 - in reply to #406454)
Subject: Re: adding a deck

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Ranger - 10/26/2009 11:26 AM
Your work is great, much better than what I can do. Oh, last, I tried to fish standing toward the bow but couldn't handle waves very well up there. Much easier (and safer) to stand in the rear of the boat for me.

Good luck with your project! Hope I was helpful.
ps- Can you provide more details about "bracing to prevent warping"? How did you go about that?

First off thanks for the comment about quality. I did my homework, talked to a carpenter friend, and spent a lot of time on it.

Bracing: I ran into a heavy heavy downpour before I had the wood painted (to see how well i liked it and how well it worked for me. I fished through the rain as I had seen muskies and thought I was not going home yet(this after being pushed in the river by the district biologist trying to help me load up the boat). I then let the boat dry in my parents garage as I was still in college, and the wood warped and did not fit. I used the 2x4 to straighten it back out so that it was perfectly flat. The 2x4 worked very well, but I had to use 3 1/2" screws to get it to pull it down without stripping out the wood. Torx head screws are the only way to go for this situation as the bit will not "cam out"....you don't have to lean on the screw with the drill, you can put them in with one hand if you are strong enough to keep the drill from twisting off your arm.

I too run 3 rods, big kahuna, lakewood monster, and a couple stowaways, one full of tools which I can open up, oil, dry out, and another full of spinnerbaits in ziplocs. I have a 14' alumacraft t-14s, and with a 15 hp johnson, she goes 25 GPS SPEED with a lowrance hds5. I can take more pics with it fully loaded this week if you are interested to see how it all works. The net is a hastle, but it holds fish very very nicely and is worth the sacrifice. For a '89 the boat is not in bad shape. The motor is a '99 and has never seen the shop at all. Dad and I change the lower unit oil and fog it annually, but other than that she sees water for all but about two months (powerplant lakes for bass).

Edited by RyanJoz 10/27/2009 12:02 PM