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That is true and there is one trip I went on with a friend where I considered the need to have those compartments locked. Even thought about a bar that goes crossways over all three hatches and locks down at both sides. I would want it completely removable so that it's not a tripping hazard like...

All three of mine were that size at one time!

I've had a few opportunities to ride some dirtybikes. Only time I really do it now is on the ice with studded tires!

I've given that a try as well on a backyard track. I think motocross is a lot harder than street bikes.

Later, I picked up this 8hp Mercury from a coworker for $500. Now I'm going to be working on moving my trolling motor to the front. I mounted the gas motor offset from the center for now so that the troller fits back there with it. Works good with this low-hp motor. Boat still planes out...

Lastly, I stood up on the front and rear decks and took some pictures of the finished boat!

This 14 ft boat measures just shy of 7 ft between the front and rear benches. My rod length of choice is 7' and I have a few 7'6" rods. How do I make them fit? Simple - I planned for this and used inspiration from factory rod storage lockers that I've seen in many boats. They have a hole or a...

Don't worry, I cut some 1.5 inch Owens Corning insulation to go between the ribs under the floor joist system before I screwed the floor together. If you haven't noticed already I not only sealed the floor joists with spar urethane, but I also painted them black. This way, when you open the...

Front and back portions of the floor fitted with blocking between the ribs and my storage hatch holes cut out. I then sealed the floor on all sides with the Helmsman spar urethane, 3 coats. I had bought the tan-colored carpet on clearance and realized I would be short on carpet to do the floor...

When I put in the blocking, I had to run it through a table saw to rip a corner off so that it matched the angle of my boat's wall. I attached it to the edge of the plywood with screws, and used 1x2 blocking underneath to mount it to as well. You can see the 2x2s ripped into a triangular shape...

Then I cut 1/2" CDX plywood to fit. It was two separate sections front and back. Two reasons behind why I cut it to fit inside the ribs rather than notching out for the ribs. First off, the boat measures over 48" to the outside of the ribs, and less than 48" to the inside. So this works out for...

I built up a support platform that would be covered by the floor for the seat pedestal to mount into with lags.

Now the heavy thinking began. I like my floor space maximized and don't want to narrow it with compartments. But I do want enclosed rod storage. Some people deck these boats all the way to the top, front to back. I like the high decks front and rear, but like a place to stand where I'm "in" the...

My front hatch trim and battery. In the battery box cover, I drilled a 7/8" hole in three of the four corners to install switches. The switches operate my LED marine vessel lights and my interior LED lighting. You can see one of the interior lighting strips on the side near the front deck in...

Pflueger spinning reels and Abu baitcasters. I just finished purging my abundance via craigslist. Sold 5 non-Pflueger/non-Abu reels and bunch of rods. The reels were Shimano, Diawa, and St croix. Didn't like any of them compared to my Pfluegers and Abus. Sent from my SM-G935P using Tapatalk

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Looking at my photobucket account, that's all I can post until I retrieve the rest of the pictures off of my computer at work! In-floor rod storage, tackle storage, deck rod storage, LED interior lighting, dual-battery installation, pedestal seating, and more to come!

Under here there is a lot of space. I store life jackets, throwable cushions, a small cooler, and is now also the compartment where I have my second battery hooked up. Same plywood carpeted deck and hinges. That's a rough edge around that hatch opening - I used thin 1" plastic outside...

Ever wonder what it looks like under the front deck? I did too, and was gonna find out the hard way - by cutting a storage-hatch-size-hole in it! You can see the block of foam which I found to be surprisingly small for the amount of space in the cavity. I had to cut the foam block apart...

I carpeted the deck using Marine Carpeting from Menards (a regional Home-Improvement store like Home Depot) and an all-purpose exterior carpet adhesive. I stapled the back. I also trimmed 1/4" off of each side of the pieces I cut out for that hatch doors and carpeted those too. I screwed the...