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Originally Posted by BermudaTriangle
Sorry if this is a dumb question. About to pull the trigger on a 23 and I see a lot of people raising the floor on their restorations. What is the benefit? I would imagine you would want the higher sides when fishing etc.?
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Not necessary on the 23's You loose to much freeboard in my opinion. The 20' hulls that were pre 1974 had lower decks. They were raised in late 73 and all 74 up has taller floors. Heavy outboards and do have a lot to do with water flooding the decks on the 20s but I have a 74 with factory original decks and don't have any issues. I did glass the bottom threw deck scuppers and reran them out the rear but Ive never had water come back in even when I had a heaver outboard on it. Current power is 395lbs dry and they are plenty high above the water line.