Narrowing a console for my 20SF

[Jared]

Just got done doing my 100 hr service, thought now that I am enjoying the boat instead of grinding on it I'll try to post up some of my encounters during the build process.

***DISCLAIMER*** - I'm not a professional at working with fiberglass or fairing/painting, but I am foolishly persistent enough to work away at about anything until I can make what I had in mind. I'm sure someone better versed in this kind of work could get a much better finished product.

When I picked up my boat, the previous owner gave me the original console with it but it had already been de-rigged and removed. Looking at the size of it out of the boat and the marks on the floor where it had previously been mounted I knew right away it was too big for what I was looking for. I fish quite a bit, a clear floor layout for moving freely around the boat was more of my goal than keeping the boat original or having a lot of space in the console.

I sold the original one on craigslist, and after a lot of searching I realized that unless I made something myself or modified an existing one there really wasn't a model out there that fit the dimensions I was looking for. I started researching methods to cut and narrow a console but there wasn't a lot of information out there, so after a bit of plotting and scheming I went for it. I posted this information up on THT, but I think it belongs here.

This was the original console that came with the boat. Ate up way too much floor space, but was in nice enough shape where a guy came all the way from South Carolina to buy it for his 23' SC restoration, so at least it didn't go to waste.




A few days later, I picked this one up off of craigslist for a little less than I sold the original for, and it also came with a side door already. It was 6" narrower than the original console, and without the built in front seat/cooler was considerably smaller front to back.