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WE, Tmann; that's got to be it. It's the only thing that makes sense. Anyway, non of this is exact science so I just started measuring until it looked right, kept my butt aft of amidship, and left room for the front passengers legs. It ended up being 9" forward. Now my new fuel tank fits and it looks like ill have room for a storage compartment. Here is what it looks like now:


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Much much better. I took it out for a few hours an it even rides better now. Makes me wonder though, if all of this was just thrown in the boat, I wonder if it is all attached the way Whaler intended it to be attached??? So far, everything is screwed into the fiberglass with 2" SS wood screws and finish washers......