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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TDobb" data-source="post: 436197" data-attributes="member: 22124">Mtntop, I can tell you this much, it was a lot of work, but very gratifying for sure.  The boat is still tippy, cause it is short and narrow, but the deck being that much bigger helps out a lot.  I have the two batteries in the back corners of the boat to kinda have some ballast on to help keep it more stable.  There are a few minor things I am gonna work to improve, some of my hinges didn't work out as well as I would have liked.  The rod box currently has 9 rods stuffed in it and it is tight, the reels just take up so much space.  When I get to the lake I usually take them all out of the box anyway and they are laying on the deck so it gets kinda messy but the electronics chase / rod shelf that I put on the starboard side does help considerably over what I had before.  I usually have six rods laying on that side and my son will have a couple back by him so we can quick switch tactics quick based on conditions.  It may be a bit much having 10-15 rods in a little boat, but we manage alright.We have a week long trip to a cabin in northern Wisconsin coming up next week.  Should be able to really put it to the test and have some fun out there.  These summer months make me think a small bimini top might be nice just to have a little shade on occasion.</blockquote>