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Message: <blockquote data-quote="onthewater102" data-source="post: 345643" data-attributes="member: 13702">go stand on your middle bench seat and see how you feel - it's more about feel for you than anything. you might even try throwing a large milk-crate in the front atop your deck to see how you feel that high up.Plenty of people have decked 1436's right to the top of the gunwales and been fine - i'm working on my own 1436 and my plan is for my deck to be about 1/2" or so higher than the current level of my middle bench seat - but I fish very quiet water with no large motorboat access so it's not really a concern for me - I just like having a bit of lip running around the floorboard to help deter my dog from jumping over while we're out fishing.</blockquote>