Scrap the forward casting deck and forward hatch and modify your boat to suit that console. It is the same console "Other Tom" has on his Whitewater, which has the same beam as a 23, and it is the most functional console I have ever seen or used.
here are some pictures of that console in his Whitewater 25 which in reality is only about a foot longer than the 23:
The Other Tom's Courtesy Page
[ April 09, 2003, 08:15 PM: Message edited by: Trayder ]