V20 Seating

[willy]

Anyone remember seeing a V20 that had four swiveling helm type chairs. Two in normal helm/pass spots and two right behind them. I remember someone commenting how it was the first time he'd seen it but that it would be a good idea. I need better (additional) seating in mine and thought it would work well, if just two guys spin the chairs around and fish, if just cruising would be nice too. I'm wondering about under floor supports and how hard it would be to mount them in that location ???

[Zebra]

I saw that boat also but I decided to go with a folding double seat from west marine or i think Mac has a cooler seat mnt. in the back. if your set on the 4 chairs i would pull the cover off the fuel tank and reach under to mount backing brace for the 2 seats. If your floor is solid than you should have no prob. I like the flex of facing the dbl. seat either way or take it out and having all that room. Also the more you drill into your floor the better chance of water to get in and than replace it...

[shicks007]

Willy,
I remember seeing that boat, I believe it was for sale. How about a couple of large coolers like I'm running?

[macojoe]

I did not see that boat, But if you need to have that many seats then thats the way to go.

Once again my computer is still down so there are no pic;'s at this time. >:(
But I like to fish, anmd drive with no seat most of the time. But there are those times that I do want to sit.
But I hate the seat in the way all the time.

What I did and belive this would be good for you is, mounted a flush mount in the floor, added a removeable seat post and my helm seat.
When I want the seat out the way it takes me all of 10 seconds to pull the seat and post out the way and not triping over anything!!

You could add the 2 floor mounts and put in or take out the seats at will. That will give you alot of options

[reelapeelin]

Willy, if it were me(and it ain't, it's you), I'd do the two front seats as permanent pedistal mounts, then the two in back as removeable pedistals...that way you got the flexibility of havin' 2 or 4 or even 3 on a trip...JMHO ;) ;D...

Provided no soft spots in your deck, you should be able to mount anywhere you like... :)...no screws!!...thru-bolts and toggles in SS ;)...

[TheTinMan]

If it were me, I'd opt for 2 seats like the helm seat on the newer V20's. One could be a livewell and the other for storage. RAP has this kind of setup I think, no?

[willy]

I like the idea of the pedestal seats flexablity and have had them before in my 17.5 aluminum Mirrorcraft. I dont like the base though, seems I catch my foot on them at the least oppurtune time. You have so much room in my cockpit area it gives you a lot of flex. I do like the seating in the pic of the newer v21 above. I'd like to find that helm arrangment for both sides and sell my Todd seats. Anyone know where to p/u that swivel helm seat on a base w/storage x 2 for a decent price?
And if you guys that have them can tell me how is the height for visibilty? I'm 6' will those seats let me see over under power, they look low

[willy]

No one has those types of seats? :-/

[macojoe]

Here is the seat in the boat, It the seat on the right:


Here you can see just the post with the seat removed:


Here is the best I have with out the seat, it only sticks up about 1/8, to 3/16 and never causes a problem for me.


You can add as many as these were ever you want to move the seats all over the boat or you can remove them all toghter.
Works for me.

[willy]

Thanks MJ, do the narrow post pedestals work as strong as the wide posts, and did you put some type of backing plate under the floor, if so how did you get access to do it.
Apparently no one on the site the past few days has the v21 type storage base seating. I would like to find those used or from some boat surplus place. Has pad in back so you can seat four and gives you storage and or live well.