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Old 11-14-2022, 10:55 AM
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Default 20SF Helm Seating

So our 20SF’s restore is done. The next step is some helm seating. I personally don’t want a typical height leaning post or something as low as a swing back. I was thinking something like a tweener height bolster bench with a backrest and 4 rocket launchers. Something that is at a height that puts a bend in your legs and allows your legs hit the floor not a footrest but something that has a little more height than a typical swing back but less height of a typical leaning post which I feel is to tall for myself on a boat that already has little freeboard.

What have some of you done or like to have done about seating on these boats? Any ideas or thoughts?
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Old 11-14-2022, 03:09 PM
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What ever height you choose, make sure your rod tips after placing them in the rocket launcher, your forward & aft placement allows their tips to clear your T-Top.
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Old 11-14-2022, 03:55 PM
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Personally, I like the leaning post. If you got one and it was too high, you could cut the legs a little shorter and have them welded back to the mounts ( or new ones). I hate the rocket launcher posts that fan out. A friend of mine bought one years ago and we never used the holders on the outside. It was a pita to have to walk under the rods to get to the stern and back.
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Old 11-15-2022, 12:24 PM
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Personally, I like the leaning post. If you got one and it was too high, you could cut the legs a little shorter and have them welded back to the mounts ( or new ones).
That's what I did when I restored my 18 footer.
The leaning post that came with it was way too high, so I had a local welder shorten it by about 6 inches.
It worked fine for the 5 years I owned her.
In retrospect I probably could have lowered it another 6" as well. I wouldn't have minded it a little more "seat" and a little less "lean".
A little shorter would also have accommodated the wife a bit better.

I had the welder cut it so the footrest would still work. If I had gone shorter it would have removed the footrest, but if it was shorter I probably wouldn't have needed it anyway.
Hmm...

Anyway, solution was to eventually upgrade to a 23 Sceptre with Pompanette Captains chairs.

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