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Installation Instructions for Boat Seats

Installation Instructions for Boat Seats

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Installing or replacing boat seats is an easy way of adding extra comfort, ample seating, and a touch of class to your marine vessel. Swivel seats or captains chairs are the most common type of seat. You can choose from a variety of options and almost limitless color combinations.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:
  • Electric drill Hole saw Installation hardware Marine grade silicon
  • Electric drill
  • Hole saw
  • Installation hardware
  • Marine grade silicon
Step 1
Take your base plates and make a layout of where you want your seats to be mounted. Trace the outer and inner circles on the deck. Make sure there is nothing below that might be damaged when drilling or screwing.
Step 2
Use a hole saw to cut out the inner circle you marked during layout. The pole the seat attaches to will slide through the base plate and through this hole. Skip this step if your base plates do not have a through-hole
Step 3
Use layout marks and place base plate over previously cut hole. Align the hole in base plate directly over hole in deck.
Step 4
Screw 1-inch stainless self-tapping wood screws through each screw hole on base plate for wood decking. Use toggle bolts for fiberglass decking.
Step 5
Make a silicone bead around the base plate and over screw heads to make a waterproof seal.
Step 6
Slide chair poles through base plates and attach chair tops.

Tips & Warnings

 
When ordering seats, check whether fastening hardware such as screws or bolts are included. If not, then ask for a recommendation for what to use with the specific model of seats you are ordering.
 
When ordering seats, check whether fastening hardware such as screws or bolts are included. If not, then ask for a recommendation for what to use with the specific model of seats you are ordering.
 
Know exactly what is beneath the part of deck your are drilling or cutting into. Cutting into a gas or electric line could be dangerous and costly.
 
Know exactly what is beneath the part of deck your are drilling or cutting into. Cutting into a gas or electric line could be dangerous and costly.

Article Written By J. M. Maher

J. M. Maher is a recent graduate with a degree in broadcast journalism and television news production. He writes on topics that are of personal interest to him and enjoys educating his readers.

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