fish till ya bleed
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- Aug 24, 2016
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I have a 83 Lowe 24 SPT. I purchased the boat with a 100 hp golden meteor Johnson the motor was off the boat and the 100hp was not ever on the boat. Since then I stripped the decking off, pulled the wiring harness and controls that did not match the 100hp, located a set of controls, and built a new wiring harness for her. I was about to put the marine decking on when I found several comments on under skin (I think that's what they called it) anyway covering the cross members with metal to cut down on drag. I have two 4'x12' sheets and two 1'x12' all 4 are .090 thick. I have a few questions about the installation like is this aluminum too heavy too light or just right? How many ss fasteners per cross member? Should I overlap the sheets or just butt them up and seal them with silicone? Do I start at the first cross member and finish at the transom? Do I need any drain holes for what ever water might get between the deck and the plates? BTW I did beef up the mount for the transom where it will support the 100hp. I also located another 100hp Johnson and purchased it for parts but when I ran them both motors and lowers are good if I go ahead and put the 3rd log on it would you put both motors on it? Just a few questions I have any help would be great.