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Message: <blockquote data-quote="richg99" data-source="post: 407487" data-attributes="member: 4376">Just old conservative Rich here..You both have small boats.  You both want to do some really neat things to them.What no one knows is how the little boat(s) will react with all of the added weight. It would be a crying shame to do all of the work, and then find out that the boat is a tank.  Can you calculate the weights of all of your new gear?  If so, can you load the boat(s) with bricks; five-gallon water buckets; whatever you can find.... and drop the hull into the water?  Row, motor, do whatever you can to get a feel for how she runs.  If she handles the weight, then go for it.If not, find out what weight works, and cut your plans back some.The reason I bring this up is.....some many years ago, I built a heavy back deck for a small 16 foot tunnel hull fiberglass boat.  She wouldn't plane!!  What a waste of time...but not too much money.richg99</blockquote>