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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thomasdgs" data-source="post: 450400" data-attributes="member: 22880">This build is so inspirational. Really. You did a real nice job on it. I am building my own 70's S-14 right now, and you have given me some great ideas. I think the best thing I am taking away from reading all through your thread is that I don't have to get my boat perfect on this build. Being in college, the budget for my current project is pretty tight. Seeing the way your boat has gone through iterations was a good reminder that doing a lower key build now and getting on the water to fish sooner than later might be a better option for me right now, than slowly scraping together the money to do the full build I am invisioning (all the while missing out on fishing time). Your boat is evidence that theres nothing to say I can wait to build the boat exactly as I want in the next go round after I am done college and have the funds to do it right. It might sound simple, but it is kind of a lightbulb moment for me.I have one question for you. I see you have removed all the support to the hull at where the middle bench was (flat bar gussets, and the tabs that originally attached the hull to the top of the middle bench). Have you noticed any ill effects of this, and is there some attachment to the hull at the middle bench spot, below the casting deck, that I missed?Here is the link to my build so far, if you are interested:https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=43755</blockquote>

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