Well I wondered in the back of my mind if you might be trying to accomodate for the other sex by using the lounge setup. My wife has never seen the lounge seat as mine did not come with it (used), thank goodness. Nothing against the lounge, but as you have pointed out it makes it challenging to get to the fish box/livewell.
My wife does love the bench seat and I get fussed at all the time because the wood rotted inside the bench and I have not fixed it yet due to not having a shop/man cave to do it in (working on that).
The plastic insert in the transom is original. The slides that hold it in place were originally plastic and my dad made some stainless slides for me because I wanted to use the rod holders on it. I fish rod holders in it to so it needed to be sturdy to land 1000 lb blue marlin (j/k on the marlin but you never know). But sturdy enough to pull a large plug or withstand a big strike from a big dolphin or king.
The rear seat is factory of a V20. It has a welded stainless frame, very sturdy. I bought it from a member of the site. I have not seen him around for a while but his screen name is TmGovern. If you search the forum for some of his old posts you'll see more pics of the seat.
Someone should be along to help with the lounge, hopefully. Then again there aren't many active members that have V21's. Maybe a half dozen of us or so. Seakindly, Gator Bait, Buckley - I think it has been years since they were on, unless they lurk.....Dmoore, not too long ago but haven't seen him poke his nose in here in a while.
Best of luck to you sir!
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1994 Wellcraft V21
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