If anyone is interested in doing this in the future I decided to take one of the forward boxes out. Here is a picture of the deck cut out and I will post a picture of it finished in the future if any owners wanted to add more foot space. I plan to use the old well and fiberglass it between the stringers under the leaning post with a deck hatch so I don’t loose that storage.
I measured exactly where the stringers are and cut the deck out without getting into the stringers for ease of replacement. I
Only continued my cut in the deck to fit a gas tank down there but if you’re just interested in loosing the forward well the cut will be smaller. Lots of unused space down there! Even found a beer can rolling around down there
Sorry the picture came out sideways I’m not sure why that is