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Landry

Posted 5/16/2008 5:23 PM (#318420 - in reply to #318145)
Subject: RE: Boat Conversion

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I did it to my 14.5 aluminum. I left the front seat in and used it as part of the support. I just added a rear deck using aluminum channel as the beams - that is the way to go - very light and strong! If I had your boat I would leave the seats in and use aluminum channel beams with the seats to support your deck. You will lose some storage space but the floatation will still be there and the seats may help your boat structurally(?). That would be the easiest way. You could stand on your seats in the water beforehand to test the tippiness then. My boat is very stable and my deck is pretty high but the Lowe Seanymph 146 are very shallow - almost bass boat-like (poor man's bass boat anyways). It's not fancy but it has plenty of musky slime in it.