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HA SCOTT
IT SOUNDS LIKE A JUDGMENT CALL ON YOUR PART ON THIS ONE. I JUNKED MY OLD SKIN’S THEY LOOKED TO BAD AND WASN’T WORTH SAVING. I HAVE HAD SOME CUPPING AS WELL BOTH ON THAT PIECE MINE IS ABOUT 8 ‘ LONG AND SAME AS YOURS WIDE AS WELL AS ONE BIG PIECE THAT COVERS ALL THE DECK FROM THE END OF THAT PIECE YOU ARE WORKING ON TO THE SPLASH WELL AREA. BOTH HAD SOME CUPPING. I USED TWO 2” X 2” 8 ‘ LONG FUR LAMINATED PIECES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE DECK ABOVE THE GAS TANK AND THEN 2 PIECES 31” IN THE FRONT AND BACK THAT PROVIDES A MUCH FIRMER LIP FOR ME TO DRILL AND SCREW 2” SCREWS TO SUPPORT AND HOLD DOWN MY NEW DECK. I TOOK THOSE 2” X 2” AND EPOXY, SCREWED AND THEN GLASSED THEM TO THE STRINGERS (BOTH SIDES) ABOVE THE GAS TANK I BUILT THEM UP TO BE EVEN WITH THE LITTLE LIP THAT WAS ON MY ORIGINAL DECK. I ALSO MAID TWO BULK HEADS IN FRONT AND BEHIND THE GAS TANK AND EPOXY, SCREWED AND GLASSED THE 31” 2” X 2” TO IT. WHAT I DID IS MAKE A BOX ABOVE THE GAS TANK FOR ADDED STRENGTH TO SUPPORT THAT DECK. I HOPE YOU ARE FOLLOWING ME I KNOW A PICTURE WOULD BE BETTER BUT I DON’T HAVE ONE TO SEND YOU RIGHT NOW. I HAVE BEEN BUILDING THIS BOAT BETTER THAN ORIGINAL AND IN THIS WAY THAT DECK IT REALLY VERY FIRM.
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