Great looking build. Won a set of FS17 plans at the Crystal River raffle and have looked at them with a lot of interest. Seeing all of them in progress and Jeremy's launch, looks like a really nice boat for Tampa Bay (or any other coastal area). Nice day should take you out a ways as well. I'm getting ready to flip an OD18 out here in Lithia, and am also spending way too much time thinking about the layout. Leaning post, cooler seat...leaning post, cooler seat... Open cockpit behind the console...
May run it bare for a while and install something if I feel the need. Find myself always standing while under way regardless of what's behind me, but with passengers aboard they may want to rest on something.
There are certainly a lot of Bateau boats in this part of Florida!
Then again, maybe Cape Man will call and tell me he's got one
You never know...a friend just offered a nice cooler seat off a Carolina Skiff...