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Advice/ideas re: tiller seating for big fellas
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<blockquote data-quote="maintenanceguy" data-source="post: 477484" data-attributes="member: 24227"><p>We have a 1232 flat bottom boat. I'm close to 300 and the boat always felt tippy with me in the back and my son in the front. It never tipped but it sure rolled back and forth a lot - enough that fishing wasn't always fun.</p><p></p><p>Then, last year we got in the boat and it wasn't tippy any more. I hadn't even realized that the problem was weight distribution. He had finally gotten big enough that him plus the battery (which I mounted all the way up front) was now heavy enough to keep the bow down which made a huge difference in how stable the boat was.</p><p></p><p>Get as much weight up front as you can and if you can move forward of the rear seat, do it.</p><p> </p><p>If you can add stick steering, it won't take up much room and you can sit as far forward as you want.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="maintenanceguy, post: 477484, member: 24227"] We have a 1232 flat bottom boat. I'm close to 300 and the boat always felt tippy with me in the back and my son in the front. It never tipped but it sure rolled back and forth a lot - enough that fishing wasn't always fun. Then, last year we got in the boat and it wasn't tippy any more. I hadn't even realized that the problem was weight distribution. He had finally gotten big enough that him plus the battery (which I mounted all the way up front) was now heavy enough to keep the bow down which made a huge difference in how stable the boat was. Get as much weight up front as you can and if you can move forward of the rear seat, do it. If you can add stick steering, it won't take up much room and you can sit as far forward as you want. [/QUOTE]
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