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| The seat are riveted to a bracket that is riveted to the hull. The best way to go about it, in my opinion, is to leave the front bench where it's at, and build a front and rear deck around it. I did that with my 14'r, except i left the portion in front of the bench open so a second person could still sit there. It worked out great for me! With the middle bench, i would get the drill out, drill out every rivet holding the bench to the brackets, and remove the bench. Here's where you need to make a decision. Leave the brackets where they are, maybe mount some nifty cup holders or tool holders to them. Or, drill the rivets out of the bracket, remove it, and use other rivets to fill the holes.
Not to nag, but just to warn you. Almost all of your floatation foam is going to be under the benches. If you capsize, your boat WILL be on the bottom of the lake, instead of floating just under the surface. It's a lot more expensive to recover a boat off the lake bed, and if you have to call local authorities to be rescued, you WILL have to recover the boat. Just something to think about.
feel free to email me and i can send you some pics of the casting deck i built.
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