Page 1 of 1

Seat too close to helm

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 3:47 pm
by onlybillhere
I'm a pretty tall dude, and when you buy a used pontoon sometimes the captains chair isn't in the best location for you to fit comfortably.
So I remove the captain's chair so I can push it back farther so I can fit, surprisingly it was just screwed into the floor, not even bolted in. Of course the carpet is squished down where the mounting base was so I decided to make a 3/4" base out of birch to cover the squished carpet. I sealed it then used contact cement to attach this cool diamond plate vinyl. Get everything lined up, drill holes for stainless bolts, and bolt both bases down. It actually came out great!
20200615_182718_resize_41.jpg
20200615_182718_resize_41.jpg (216.41 KiB) Viewed 3694 times

Re: Seat too close to helm

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 4:27 pm
by boocat
And there ya go, a man that can get it done.. not too sure about these new kind of snowflakes. I guess they are good at tweeting. Looks good.

Re: Seat too close to helm

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 4:47 pm
by onlybillhere
boocat wrote:
Mon Jun 15, 2020 4:27 pm
And there ya go, a man that can get it done.. not too sure about these new kind of snowflakes. I guess they are good at tweeting. Looks good.
Thank you! This past weekend was the last straw of the seat being too close...it drove me nuts.

Re: Seat too close to helm

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 5:37 pm
by boocat
and you can get a pedestal that adjusts fore and aft if yours doesn't.

Re: Seat too close to helm

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 5:59 pm
by Liquid Asset
Nice work!

Re: Seat too close to helm

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 7:50 pm
by onlybillhere
boocat wrote:
Mon Jun 15, 2020 5:37 pm
and you can get a pedestal that adjusts fore and aft if yours doesn't.
Mine did have the adjustment and even with it I was still too big :(

Re: Seat too close to helm

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2020 5:54 am
by TWB
Really like the look of the diamond plate. Nice cosmetic fix!

Re: Seat too close to helm

Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2020 6:03 pm
by Rick McC.
Mine’s a little close, but it’s an upholstered double seat. I sit with my legs angled a bit to the left.