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Jerry Newman

Posted 3/16/2012 10:47 AM (#546451 - in reply to #545913)
Subject: Re: Homemade deck extension

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Yeah, that deck looks almost bulletproof! I built casting decks (front and rear) on two of my previous boats. The first boat I did, everything was pretty heavy duty... 3/4" marine plywood etc., I did not use 4x4s. It was solid as a rock but also heavy, especially that treated plywood. Because of the weight, on the second boat I decided to just used 5 ply CDX plywood and cedar or aluminum supports. It was considerably lighter and although you could feel the plywood move a little bit when you stepped on it, it held up no problem for 10 years.

With that being said, you could easily build a casting deck using the 1/2" fir plywood with lighter supports. If you go this route, I would recommend screwing a cedar 1x2" under the front edge of the deck to stiffen the plywood and add more support. I really enjoyed doing these kind of projects, good luck!