Extra seating on 23

[TarponTom]

Anyone have ideas for extra seating on my 23 Sceptre. While the large deck space was an big attraction when I bought the boat a few months ago, two (swivel) seats are a bit skimpy at times. I dont want to dedicate deck space to permanent mounted seats, just have a safe option when needed with friends aboard. My best thought is to fabricate fold-down seats that would store vertically under the gunnels. One problem I see with this is they would have to mount between the horizontal rod racks and prevent me from using them. Oh well, guess you can't have it all!

[markdpm]

I have the 23 Sceptre but actually took my seats out, I like the wide open space and usually fish alone anyway. What I do is place a 180 quart cooler in the back against my splashwell which acts as a couch so any guest can sit back there while running, its smoother back there anyway in rough water. I have another large cooler which I line up along the gunnal on the passenger or driver side. I can stand on this while Im running offshore looking for birds or debris. Ive caught alot of flack from my wife about this setup but then again, I had the boat before I had her. If she had her way there would be a chandeleir in the cabin.....Mark

[JohnB]

Tarpon Tom,
I have thought about making an integrated folding bench seat using or replacing the splashwell panel. I don't know if I would create a new splash panel or reuse the existing one. I might make them so they could be easily exchanged, 1 for seating/crusing, the other for off-shore. I don't think the existing spashwell panel I have in my boat would stand up to the weight of 2 adults bouncing on it. Right now I use the cooler against the back, but I wish there was a back rest for safety/comfort. They make folding jump seats that mount to the gunnel, and are removable. I also am looking at possibly using a center console seat with the folding back rest against the splash well. The fish box/seat would be helpful, and I could slide it forward when we stopped and bottom fished. I really don't want to put any more weight permanetly on the back of my boat. Another option is a pair of heavy constructed folding deck chairs, that could be stored in the cabin if the standup fishing room is needed. I'm afraid that the legs moving around would chew up the floor though. Somebody, somewhere, must have seen some neat seating arrangements. Let us know what you saw???

[LITTLEBISHOP]

hey everybody, While I was looking at used seacrafts, I found a guy in jupiter who did a complete restore. He put two racing bolsters foward and one aft on the passenger side. I',m a fisherman and figured this setup would look lame, but I was wrong,it looked AWSOME! As for my 1973 sceptre I put in two new pompanette helmsman chairs and one 128 cooler behind the passenger seat. it makes a great bench!