I have a 1644 Gatortrax with hunt deck and did a complete gut/ rewire on the entire boat. I will post pictures of what i have done later this week.
I drilled all the rivets/ cut the welds in the floor panels and removed them to get out any debris that would hinder wiring. then put the floors back in and welded/ riveted them along the old factory welds.
I cut open and removed the front bulkhead, blasted all the foam out, mounted a winch under the front deck and ran navlights, light bar, and winch wires along the starboard side of the boat pulling them through using a flat wire snake (home depot). i did the same with the fuel line along the port side. I ordered 14ga and 16ga copper tinned wire and everything is connected using heat shrink crimps with heat shrink tubing over top of the crimp.
I used a grounding post inside the dry box/ seat for major grounding wires (i.e. motor, winch solenoid, sound bar, light bar) i used a bus bar for the smaller accessories (nav lights, bilge, cockpit lights) i also installed an 8 switch rocker panel with breakers (fuck fuses). Lastly i installed a perko battery switch that kills everything in the boat (except auto bilge) when it is turned off.
in my humble opinion, I would gut your wiring if its an older used boat or has been subject to saltwater and meticulously redo it with good material/ components. The peace of mind and knowledge gained is invaluable.
Hope this helped. Good luck.
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