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Message: <blockquote data-quote="airshot" data-source="post: 492818" data-attributes="member: 1183"><p>You might want to recobsider removing the splashwell on the transom.  A passing boat wake could easily come in over the transom and swamp your boat.  Keep in mind you will also have the weight of a 40 hp motor hanging on there so freeboard will be less than you think !!  You might consider adding a side console for steering rather than the tiller.  I recently moved into a side consol 16' tinny and like the side console more than I thought I would !!   This would save that rear seat as a support for the rear deck. You dont want that rear deck going all the way back to the transom due to excess weight in the back....on my boat the rear deck is over 24" forward of the transom.  You mightbtry putting the boat in the water and create some weight and move it around to see how you boat sits and balances while in the water !!!  Sitting on a trailer and actually being in the water is a big difference when distributing weight..keep us posted with more pics please !!  We enjoy spending other peoples money ....LOL....</p></blockquote><p></p>