1st post, looking for advice

[earle]

You are correct. The supports are pretty light duty. Okay, I guess if no real weight is on the deck, but I want this boat as a primary fishing boat, so the front deck is just wasted area if it can't support an average size angler. There are probably several way's to address it, but I want to keep it simple, and no matter what, the deck needs support to carry any reasonable weight. If anyone has had good results with their method, I'm open to suggestions.