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Message: <blockquote data-quote="onthewater102" data-source="post: 354745" data-attributes="member: 13702"><p>Personally I wouldn't want to go weighing down a nice go-anywhere boat with plywood unless it was removable. You can support a seat mounted to your bench using U-nuts (sometimes called J-nuts or fender nuts) and you could deck the front. I've got a 1436 (14' long with a 3' wide bottom) and I'm 6'3" & 240lbs and it's plenty stable for any small-water fishing. I kept the deck level with the middle seat (see my build) but I decked using FRP wall board and expanding foam which is ~35% lighter in total than if I'd done it using 1/2" plywood for the deck. You can even set Plano 974 tackle tray organizers into the foam before you pour so you have storage buillt-into your decking.</p></blockquote><p></p>