floor question

[gchop]

My gas tank goes all the way back to the splash well. There is a hatch there. It was my original intention to put it there. I wonder if I could move the tank foward and utilize that space.

[FELLOW-SHIP]

Hi Gchop

I bet you could But you will have to first build a sub floor for that live well to rest on water weighs approx 8.5 lbs per gallon and if it is like mine it would probably hold 45 or more gallons of water. Does it look like this?




FellowShip

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Official Antique Classic SeaCraft Owner

[gchop]

there is nothing there now.someone has modified this deck for the worse at one time. I can look through the console seat where there is a deck plate and see that there is open space in that spot. I only have about 18 inches between the console seat and the rise in the floor on the bow section which has also been modified.

[FELLOW-SHIP]

Hi Gchop

My 23 is also a 76 with the large CC. I can’t tell you what to do I can only tell you what I did.

First I moved the replaced my gas tank with a 120 gal and moved it forward approx 18' to the deck plate that you can see in my pictures just in front of the live well. I removed the old sub deck the old tank was sitting on and installed a new one the old one was rotten my beat so is yours.

Then I build the live well as you can see in those pictures. Then re did transom, and deck, removed the cap and re did it, repaired CC and on and on and on.

If you go to the picture gallery and look at 23 footers then scroll down to Fellowship there are 30 plus pictures of my rebuild.

Personally I would not put a live well in front of the CC because I like the access to my wiring there and I like to put a fish cooler in front of the CC. Look at the pictures they will answer a bunch of questions.


FellowShip

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Just for the Grins

Official Antique Classic SeaCraft Owner

[gchop]

I am thinking that what you did is the ticket. I dont like a livewell in the front of the boat either. I am glad to hear that you had the room to move the fuel tank fowar, that is what i would like to do. I notice some 23's gas tanks do not extend into the other compartments were their options for bigger tanks? I will check out your pictures in further detail for more ideas. thank You for your help. I have been involved in a Mako 23 project this winter that is ongoing and has been prety cool. check it out at www.skimmeroutdoors.com under refurbishing the skimmer on the home page.

thanks again, George