I am looking at buying a 14' v-hull that  has no seats in it.  I would like to add a deck on the front half probably halfway to the gunwale   Would you recommend that I place the trolling motor in the front?  It will be the only motor on the boat.  Would that make it more difficult to get around the lake when  not fishing?  Would I want to move the battery to the back of the boat along with the ice chest and locker for PFD's, etc to help distribute the weight.  I would also like to build a single bench seat in the back 1/3.  Would under the seat be a good place for the battery?  Minus the deck plywood and floor everything is going to be aluminum.  I even thought about making the deck out of .100" aluminum with riveted stiffeners on the bottom to prevent flex.

Sorry for the mess of question and I still have a million more.  Being my first boat I am very exited.

Andy

Sounds like a bunch of good ideas to me.  I'd rather have the tmotor pull than push anytime.