Take a seat

Marvellous! a day without rain - the perfect opportunity to get the rest of the major 'carpentry' out of the way. A decision was made to have all four seats facing forward, so a 'podium' for the rear seats was constructed.

This will take a pair of the readily available 'Plastimo' seats in white vinyl. They fold forward allowing easy access to fuel etc.

Front seating has yet to be finalised - so it's down to keeping an eye on ebay and trawling round a few boat-jumbles for inspiration. The old moulded supports for the front seating were also enclosed, providing a solid platform on which to mount the seats - all looking a lot tidier now.

One thing that has caused some head scratching is the way all these seats seem to be mounted. Typically, they are bolted through from the underneath, so if I fix all the top surfaces in place there's no way to get the seat attached - hmmm...