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Unread 12-14-2009, 09:28 AM
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Welcome aboard inaforty. I have an 87 also and from what I can gather from other V owners I know and have seen, yours is the first I have seen with a bench seat like that. It may have been an option at one time, but I think it was added on by a previous owner.

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Unread 12-14-2009, 09:50 AM
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If you look through the old brochures we have in the archives, there are a couple years where you can clearly see a bench seat so they must have been an option from the factory.

Here's one example;

http://www.wellcraftv20.com/gallery/.../017_wellcraft
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Chum,
Thanks for finding that photo. I'm pretty sure that is the same seat that I have from what I can see of the chrome frame in the photo.
Our boat might have came with that seat of course that catalog is an 1989 and our boat is a 1987. Hmmmmmmmmm
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Welcome to the site, Congratulations very nice Boat best of luck, please be sure to keep us posted.
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Unread 12-14-2009, 06:45 PM
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Thanks again to all for a warm welcome.

I was messing around on the boat this afternoon but forgot to take a photo of those mounting pins that hold that bench seat in place.
I will do that tomorrow after.

I almost got all the trim woodwork off the boat.
I will then spend sometime refinishing the wood.
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INA40, this may just spark a debate. I recommend you clean your teak up well, including sanding, then hit it with 3-4 coats of Sikkens Cetol Marine Finish. No, this is not SPAM. This stuff just works very well. It used to suffer from a bit of an orangish (is that a word?) cast, but the modern product and the variations thereof look very nice. Cetol is very durable. I would avoid the gloss finish, but the traditional, satin and natural teak finishes are very nice. Another nice thing about it is that once a year, you can lightly sand any nicks or cuts, Cetol it up, and you are good to go for the year. I have found this stuff works much longer than teak oil or varnish, at least for a northern boat which spends 1/2 of the year (at least) under cover.
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Nipper,
Thanks for the suggestion on the Sikken. I have a good bit of Helmsmen left over from doing the Whaler wood work last summer. However it would probably a better idea to use something of better quality.

I took a few photos of the mounting pins that hold the bench seat to the floor.


The pins have a button to release the ball bearings the hold the pins into the floor mounts.


The pins would slide through the frame of the seat and into the floor mount.
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Them are pretty neat.
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Hate to bring up a negative, but it's a reality around here...how did Wellcraft keep water from entering the center hole of the bracket?...
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I have the same set up for my 92, and Wellcraft did not do anything to prevent water going in when the seat is not mounted. It would just drip into the bildge below if water got on the deck.
Inaforty I would recommend also you pull the screws and plate and put some 4200 on the back side of the plate and the screw holes and re-bed. Wellcraft did not seal them well from what I could see on other boats as well.
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