Wow!!! Some great ideas --- Thank you, Josh, Tom and Chuck for photos and
offers. Got some thinking to do.
God damn, I love this C&C List!
All the best,
Edd
Edd M. Schillay
Starship Enterprise
C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B
City Island, NY
Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log Website
On Feb 15, 2013, at 5:28 AM, Josh Muckley <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ed,
>
> One of the first projects after purchasing Sea Hawk, (while we were still
> moored at the sellers slip!) Was installing seats on the stern rails. I was
> without a large array of tools and had little time. I got a 1x6 pressure
> treated deck plank and laid it diagonaly across the corner of the stern rail.
> I traced the outboard edge of the rail where he board crossed on the side
> and stern. This left me with two diagonal curved lines on the board along
> which to cut. I wish I had had more than a hack saw but I managed to cut
> reasonably close to the line. Then I used a u-bolts on each of the far
> corners/ends of the board to clamp it to the rail. Some acorn nuts dressed
> up the exposed threads. I didn't even have to drill holes!
>
> I had planned to replace/redesign the seats but truely they have worked so
> well that they will probably be left in service until they are worn out. I
> purchased a lighted stainless steel cup holder that I think could be
> incorporated by allowing the board to extend past the side or stern rail (or
> both). I had also planned to remake them out of starboard. Later I mounted
> some outdoor deck speakers to the underside of the board. I stained the
> board to match the rest of the woodwork. In the future, I would consider
> using a couple of those single screw conduit/pipe clamps, carriage bolted
> from the top.
>
> I realy didn't expect to be so happy with the results. They are comfortabe
> and affordable and fit in a very natural way to the lines of the boat.
> Almost like they had always been designed to be there. They are completely
> fixed with no moving parts and they don't get in the way of the backstay or
> any of the hatches. I am tall enough that I can kick my feet up on the aft
> jib-sheet winch. In fact, my companions during the delivery trip fron
> Brooklyn to Maryland were shocked at how well they turned out as well.
>
> I never thought to take a picture of them but you can try these:
>
> Try to zoom in on the starboard aft corner and you can see how it fits.
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8pEh5lnvP1ybFlxZDZtN1NzaVE/edit
>
> You can kinda see them in this picture of our companion (Les) during the
> delivery in Delaware Bay.
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8pEh5lnvP1yYUF2MmwyN2F4MTQ/edit
>
> Good luck,
>
> Josh Muckley
> S/V Sea Hawk
> 1989 C&C 37+
> Solomons, MD
>
> > Message: 3 Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:22:12 -0500 From: Edd Schillay
> > <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Stus-List Stern
> > Seats Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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> >
> > Has anyone tried making (or buying) stern seats for a 37+? Any leads,
> > photos, etc. would be great.
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > Edd
> >
> > Edd M. Schillay Starship Enterprise C&C 37/40+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B City
> > Island, NY Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log Website
>
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