Thread subject: Whaler Central - Boston Whaler Boat Information and Photos :: 1988 Montauk 17

Posted by Narragansett on 10/09/23 - 7:08 AM
#1

Working on my friends boat and i'm puzzled by the flimsy floor inside the center console. The floor is about 2" above the fiberglass deck. The tunnel down the center of the boat for running cables exits the fibergalss deck iin the center of the deck. The wooden floor has the cables exiting far over on the Starboard interior side of the console. This requires the cables to make a sigificant "S" curve in a tight space, is this standard, or perhaps the previous owner did this?

Thanks

Posted by Phil T on 10/09/23 - 7:10 AM
#2

That is standard.

If you have the cutout over the top of the entrance to the rigging tunnel, it takes up valuable storage space.

Posted by Narragansett on 10/09/23 - 8:27 AM
#3

Thanks for the reply. I fiured that was the case. Someone put the batteries in that space and collapsed the floor.
No support under them.

Posted by Phil T on 10/09/23 - 8:30 AM
#4

The recommended solution is to cut the outline of the batteries on the shelf so they are recessed into the floor.

Edited by Phil T on 10/09/23 - 8:30 AM