my 1974 23

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HA BRIGUY
YA I AM REALLY GLAD I MOVED BOTH THE GAS TANK AND THE LIVE WELL FORWARD. WHAT I DID WAS I REMOVED THE LIVE WELL FROM THE TRANSOM WHEN I RE DID THE TRANSOM AND I REMOVED THE GAS TANK AND REBUILT THE DECK UNDER IT. I HAD A NEW TANK MADE THAT IS 7 FOOT LONG (120 GAL) AND I MOVED IT FORWARD WHICH FILLED IN THE ENTIRE AREA UNDER THE CENTER CONSOL. WHEN I BOUGHT THE BOAT IT HAD A STEP DOWN INTO THE CENTER CONSOL NOW IT IS A FLAT DECK WITH A GAS TANK UNDER IT. THE TANK GOES TO THE BACK OF THE REMOVABLE DECK PLATE. THEN I MADE A LIVE WELL AND PUT IT WHERE YOU SEE THE LIVE WELLS IN THE NEWER SEACRAFTS. I SHIFTED THE CENTER LINE OF THE BOAT FORWARD ABOUT (MY GUESS 2 + FEET) I ALSO PUT A 15 GAL FRESH WATER TANK UNDER THE CENTER CONSOL PLUS THE OIL TANK AND TWO BATTERIES UNDER THE CENTER CONSOL. NOW THE BOAT HARDLY NEEDS ANY TRIM TAPS EXCEPT FOR PORT AND STARBOARD EXCEPT IN RUFF SEAS. I DON’T HAVE A PROBLEM IN THE STERN OF THE BOAT WITH THE SCUPPERS THE ONLY EXCEPTION WOULD BE IF EVERYONE IS IN THE BACK OF THE BOAT ON ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER AND THEN I WILL GET A LITTLE WATER TO COME UP INTO THE WATER CHANNEL BUT NOT ENOUGH TO GET ONTO THE DECK. I WENT WITH A 30 “ SHAFT ON MY 225 AND I DON’T GET WATER OVER THE STERN EITHER. THIS WAS A MAJOR PRIORITY ON MY BOAT PROJECT I WANTED TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD AND WANTED TO GO WITH ONE MOTOR NOT TWO ALL FOR ALL THE SAME REASON.
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