huntersdad
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I went this afternoon and looked at this boat. As it sits it needs a new transom and some cosmetic repairs. I have a few questions that I hope can be answered and if it will work for what I plan to do I will be adding it to the boat conversion thread ( it needs a lot of TLC). The boat has an older 30hp. Non running motor and is currently set up with side console steering. I want to repower it with my 18hp tiller steer tohatsu hoping that it would be enough to push it. my question is stability, it's 38inches wide at the bottom but 15 feet long so I'm wondering if the length would help it be more stable side to side. My current boat is a 36in wide by 13ft. 6 long Lowe Jon boat and it sits low in the water and is very tipsy when standing up or moving around. What I want to do is pretty much gut the whole inside and and just add enough plywood back to the floor so I can put two seats back in it. Does this sound like a good thing or would the boat be too heavy for a 18 horse?