On Oct 27, 8:37 am, wrote:
"jaykchan wrote:
I have decided to get rid of the boxy structures from the stern of
the boat

I've been wondering about your "boxy structures". I can't quite
picture them. Are they additions, or were they part of the original
boat design? They're not water tight and foam filled are they?

Rick

You can find these boxy structures in many small center consoles --
one in each side of the outboard. They are right on top of the
transom. I believe the optional seats are supposed to be placed on
top of these boxy structures. In other words, this boxy structure is
a way to mount the seat. The manufacturer also stores the optional
external oil reservior inside the boxy structure.

My boat doesn't come with those optional seats, and I don't intend to
put any seat at the stern of the boat. This just doesn't make any
sense putting seats there because I cannot imagine anyone would want
to sit just one feet away from a noisy 2-stroke outboard.

My outboard doesn't need any external oil reservior because it uses
internal oil reservior. And I cannot use that boxy structure to store
anything else either because that box doesn't have a "real" bottom --
small items will fall through to the bigle. And it is very low
profile -- meaning that I cannot stuff a lot of thing there.

In other words, those boxy structures are totally useless to me --
just taking up space. Moreover, they are taking up space at the
transom that I cannot mount a kicker directly on the transom. These
are two reasons why I want to remove them and replace them with live
wells and some storage room and that will be 12" away from the transom
(to leave enough clearance for the kicker).

Jay Chan