I am in the process of totally modding my starcraft into a bass boat that meets my needs. I love this forum, have been lurkin for a while and recently I ran into a safety related issue that I wanted to bounce off you people.
I removed the bench seats first thing cause I wanted it to be more open. I want to be clear that adding them back is not an option. I have a 28 horse Johnson pushing this.
Theres ribbing all along, but no stringers as I understand it. When I took it to the lake today, it porpoised and there was a funny feeling in the little console when it did it. I hope I wasn't feeling the hull flex.
I am using the middle deck like a big bench seat, it is lower than the seats originally were but I am reusing the aluminum angles that went with the seats to add strentgh to the side.
The problem is I took it out the other day and it leaked some along the seams of each side. A little silicone made it better, but I don't want to be looking at a structural failure in the future.
Do you guys reinforce the boats longitudally, or is the aluminum hull normally strong enough?
I removed the bench seats first thing cause I wanted it to be more open. I want to be clear that adding them back is not an option. I have a 28 horse Johnson pushing this.
Theres ribbing all along, but no stringers as I understand it. When I took it to the lake today, it porpoised and there was a funny feeling in the little console when it did it. I hope I wasn't feeling the hull flex.
I am using the middle deck like a big bench seat, it is lower than the seats originally were but I am reusing the aluminum angles that went with the seats to add strentgh to the side.
The problem is I took it out the other day and it leaked some along the seams of each side. A little silicone made it better, but I don't want to be looking at a structural failure in the future.
Do you guys reinforce the boats longitudally, or is the aluminum hull normally strong enough?