Casting deck on 14ft aluminum boat

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DipfromPAinOttawa
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Casting deck on 14ft aluminum boat

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Decided to start a project on my 14ft aluminum Lowe that consisted of building a nice little casting deck along with a little storage door to allow for odds and end things to be stored. It took approximately 4 days to complete, while only working on it here and there for a few hours out of each day. As being a stay at home father with a 3 yr old and a 1 yr old doesn’t allow much room for working on projects only earlier hours prior to them waking up then a few hours when they take their afternoon naps. Keep in mind this was also my first time ever working with wood and cutting it :o All in all it didn’t turn out to to bad. Had it out on the Ottawa River yesterday and only seemed to loss 2 mph on my over all speed. I’ll take that 2 mph speed loss just to have a nice area to stand and fish from 8) …. Hope you all enjoy the photos.
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Awesome job! Looks great!
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Thanks!
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Agreed. Nice! Always a good feeling when the home project finishes up perfect eh?!?! :)
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Its a really good feeling, even better now that I have a nice little platform to stand on while fishing for bass, pike and musky :lol: and a nice little compartment for battery storage along with other odds and end things.
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Looks good - well done!
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Looks great!
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