deck

Access for storage also serves for a place to put my feet

  I could'nt take it any longer so had to put away the working tools and get out the fishing tools. Besides, I wanted to try the deck before I went any further with my build in case I didnt like it.

  Right away I had the motor up front and mounted to the side about a foot away from the front. I did'nt like it, it seemed as  if the boat was dogtracking and it just didn't seem to be acting quite right. I returned it to the back of the boat where it worked just fine.

    Going to the front of the boat was a bit of a challenge too. On a boat of this size  it is imperitive that all you have with you has it's own place and it had better be in that place for easy manuverabilty arond the boat.

      The seat up front is definatley not  going to work there. The boat is only 45 in wide and that does'nt leave you much room to get by as your going front to back or vice versa. With the seat moved to the back I see no problem with the deck that a little practice won't fix.

        I stood  and moved freely after I found everythings place. A little rocking but the extra weight of the 3/4 in plywood I think made  it a little more stable than it would have without it. Could just be me.

         I usually do my fishing in the St. Joe river in norteast indiana, this boat is going to give me a lot of pleasure as I fish from it this summer. Will continue to update as work goes on untill end of project.   Thanks for your interest in my project   "A Blaze of Glory".

Looks like you have a pretty good jump on your boat. Nice thing about building from scratch, you can keep after it until you get whqt you want.

Maybe if you had a livewell to on side between the front and middle bench off to one side, you could offset the front seat alittle and counter balance by filling the livewell??

Finally have her done, for now.

more pics

Nice little spot for tackle

Front electrical connection

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front veiw

Nice job! Nice price!

Chaz, looks like your boat project turned out pretty good!  Brian

If you are open to suggestions I would suggest that you at least put a rubber boot over you positive electrical connection.  It would not be good to drop a pair of needlenose, etc and short the two posts together.  Your build looks great.

looks awsome. You did a great job.

Good job, the boat came out nice.