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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Davidius" data-source="post: 357620" data-attributes="member: 14614"><p>The center seat front panel was in bad shape and will be replaced with 1/8" aluminum, I may replace the rear as well depending on price. The bow cover was very weak and flimsy so I took it off to reinforce it and now I'm planning on installing the fuel tank in the bow and fill the rest of the open area with foam in order to keep the center bench open for storage. For the bow cap I want to have a center hatch to check the mechanical fuel gauge and build or find a funnel to go down to the filler cap from the bow cap for filling and the cap has a built in vent I'd like to keep exposed to open air. I will keep the original cap and replace the center section with thicker material after reinforcing the framing to allow crawling over the bow for beaching. The battery will be centrally mouted in the rear with a bilge pump in each back corner, one automatic and one manually controlled. The rear wooden bench was removed and will be rebuilt as an L going all the way up to the center bench on the port side. (I'm 6'6" and sitting on port side is easier for me to handle the tiller.) If I can mount the tank in the bow I will run the fuel line inside a PVC pipe along the inside top of the boat where the ribs end and add another pipe on the opposite side to run wiring through.</p></blockquote><p></p>