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Chrisc54
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I have been wanting to fix my 12 footer up for quiete some time now and i just repainted it and built a new transom, and i was thinking about putting in a carpeted plywood floor for extra stability when two people are casting, and some storage, i noticed some of you (bently, mcgrey) did great jobs on your boats, i was wondering if the floor weighed the boat down much? and what you used to build it?
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bently
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I used 5/8 plywood with some pieces of ripped 2x4's underneath along with some lath where I needed to build it up a bit here and there. I wanted to use 3/4 but it's too overkill and also too heavy. I can definitely notice the difference in power with the floor boards in but I still have plenty of power to get up on a plane with all the gear and the wife with me too.
Take the floor boards out with just me and my bare essentials and I feel like I have a 30 hp on it, not a 9.9, lollol
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bently
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I use outdoor carpet and the last floor boards I built lasted well over 10 years so I'm not too worried about it. The plywood and carpet was a grand total of around $55, I'd say it pays for itself in comfort as I like to have bare feet in the boat when it's nice and sunny in the summertime.
In the wintertime I take it right out and just go bare floors anyways.
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bently
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The carpet I use is probably less than a 1/4" thick, it's not slippery at all and lasts for years. It probably has more grip than the bare floor itself and is nice when going barefoot when nice out. The false floors I just made for my 12 aluminum will last me well over a decade and probably longer than that if I take really good care of them, but i don't really care, as long as I have an even surface in all the boat sections, that's all that counts to me.
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Chrisc54
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did you just build those storage boxes out of plywood and drill them to each bench? did you use hinges? is it water proof? sorry for all the questions haha i appreciate the good info
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