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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | Hiya,
On that particular boat, if you put a rear deck in it for a place to cast, It will be very very high to stand on, in any sort of waves, you will definitely be rocking with the rhythm of the waves, and you will find yourself at almost all times standing in the middle of the deck to keep the boat level... I'd even go so far as to bet when the wind picks up, you won't be standing up there.
When I owned my lunker, that made me very uncomfortable in any sort of wind conditions and even in calm conditions...It felt unsafe (to me) due to how much the boat would list to the casting side and it was a bit high for how narrow the boat was.
A deck can be built and you can make it look like it belongs in the boat, but it takes time. When I made mine, I ended up only making it 8 inches wide to cover the battery and gas tank (which I then put in a saddle tank on the starboard side later on to help balance the normal list the boat had with people casting one side and a kicker motor on port side) mostly due to safety after having it wider and didn't feel comfortable with it. I also added a stereo system to the boat, and placed the speakers on the vertical portion of the rear deck.
It is doable, but I think you might find the boat to feel quite unstable when you are up there...especially with how narrow the beam is on the lunker series of boats...76" if memory serves me... It would also be higher than the current navigator 165...that should tell you something right there...
Steve
Edited by VMS 12/20/2012 1:33 PM
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