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Underneath the plywood, there are only 2 Z-shaped longitudinal pieces that are spread out pretty wide. I do not want plywood in my boat. I plan to keep it for my entire lifetime, so I want something that won't require much maintenance. I am also 350lbs 6ft3, so I need something that adds structural integrity to the floor, those 2 Z-shaped pieces with plywood is OK, but it certainly can be improved... Since I will most likely go with ACM for my floor, I know it'll require something stable, strong and with a lot of support underneath. That's why I thought those structures would be helpful, plus, at this current state in the project, I need about 4 inches of additional height for the aluminum gas tank to fit, unless I poke a hole through the plywood and allow the connections to be done on the outside, which would be ugly. I haven't rebuilt any aluminum boats yet, this would be my first one, I can't think of any other issues to be honest other than weight and it might be harder to use as its already welded and everything instead of me doing it with rivets.

<blockquote data-quote="PunkR0ckz" data-source="post: 514616" data-attributes="member: 34198"><p>Underneath the plywood, there are only 2 Z-shaped longitudinal pieces that are spread out pretty wide. I do not want plywood in my boat. I plan to keep it for my entire lifetime, so I want something that won&#039;t require much maintenance. I am also 350lbs 6ft3, so I need something that adds structural integrity to the floor, those 2 Z-shaped pieces with plywood is OK, but it certainly can be improved... Since I will most likely go with ACM for my floor, I know it&#039;ll require something stable, strong and with a lot of support underneath. That&#039;s why I thought those structures would be helpful, plus, at this current state in the project, I need about 4 inches of additional height for the aluminum gas tank to fit, unless I poke a hole through the plywood and allow the connections to be done on the outside, which would be ugly. I haven&#039;t rebuilt any aluminum boats yet, this would be my first one, I can&#039;t think of any other issues to be honest other than weight and it might be harder to use as its already welded and everything instead of me doing it with rivets.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="PunkR0ckz, post: 514616, member: 34198"] Underneath the plywood, there are only 2 Z-shaped longitudinal pieces that are spread out pretty wide. I do not want plywood in my boat. I plan to keep it for my entire lifetime, so I want something that won't require much maintenance. I am also 350lbs 6ft3, so I need something that adds structural integrity to the floor, those 2 Z-shaped pieces with plywood is OK, but it certainly can be improved... Since I will most likely go with ACM for my floor, I know it'll require something stable, strong and with a lot of support underneath. That's why I thought those structures would be helpful, plus, at this current state in the project, I need about 4 inches of additional height for the aluminum gas tank to fit, unless I poke a hole through the plywood and allow the connections to be done on the outside, which would be ugly. I haven't rebuilt any aluminum boats yet, this would be my first one, I can't think of any other issues to be honest other than weight and it might be harder to use as its already welded and everything instead of me doing it with rivets. [/QUOTE]

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