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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DaleH" data-source="post: 486538" data-attributes="member: 15636">Well the short answer is - yes ... But the long answer is - how will YOU use the boat? If on ponds w/ low hp OB motors and not slamming around into boat wakes or a steep chop ... then have at it. You could also just cut a walk way out of the middle, like some factory hulls do. But with such a seat removed and IF slamming into waves, or driven hard & fast by a big OB motor and into a hard chop or heavy sea state all the time, then yes - the hull could collapse or 'oil can' on you. See the photo. I have even seen damage 1/3rd of the way back from the bow on fiberglass CCs that were poorly designed in the stringers and the bow wanted to 'fold back on itself', from all the repeated slamming into seas. One could see stress cracks up to 6' long that you could drop a dime into and they'd stand up!....<img src="https://forum.tinboats.net/download/file.php?id=107085&mode=view" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>