Swapping pedestal seats to leaning post

jacksdad · Sep 24, 2010

Looking at a boat with captains chairs and am trying to get a rough cost for swapping to a leaning post w/ rocket launchers. Would probably prefer factory but am interested in the various options folks have found and typical cost of these.

Like the boat i'm looking at but really not excited about not having rod storage/leaning post.

Thanks,

grouperjim · Sep 24, 2010

something like this.

jacksdad · Sep 24, 2010

That looks about perfect. Where did you source it? Nice that it has a full seat, back and 4 holders.

Any ideas on how to cover up whatever holes would be left from pedestal seats?

BradV · Sep 24, 2010

Yeah either put resin and gel coat it or silicone and put the screws back in or just cover it with a uv resistant 4000 3m

grouperjim · Sep 24, 2010

how far away do you live.........holes are fairly easy to make go away. bring it over. probably not close enough. lol

the frame for this leaning post started with the standard Parker leaning post, then i added the back rest at a local fabrication shop.........Quality T-Tops in Tarpon Springs Fl. email the pic to Travis and he'll make you one if you can't source it locally.

..................use a bit on a drill such as a counter sink to bevel out the visible part of the screw hole. if you don't bevel it out, you will see a line where the repair is. next, put some tape on the backside of the hole. then fill the hole nearly to the top (about a credit card's thickness shy) with some white Marine Tex or similar product. after it kicks, rough up the Marine Tex with some 100 grit sandpaper. using a wooden toothpick, fill the rest of the hole with Parker gelcoat to slightly above the top of the hole. next day or after it kicks, use a small sanding block about the size of a deck of card or smaller (make one out of any thing flat like a small piece of starboard) to wet sand the hole flush. the hole will disappear as it becomes flush. you can start out with 400, 600, 1000, 1500 then finish with 3M Finesse It II and finally some wax.

again the key to an invisible repair is the beveling. the new gelcoat has to overlap the freshly bevelled area.

Megabyte · Sep 24, 2010

grouperjim":1xpwvdpm said:
..................use a bit on a drill such as a counter sink to bevel out the visible part of the screw hole. if you don't bevel it out, you will see a line where the repair is. next, put some tape on the backside of the hole. then fill the hole nearly to the top (about a credit card's thickness shy) with some white Marine Tex or similar product. after it kicks, rough up the Marine Tex with some 100 grit sandpaper. using a wooden toothpick, fill the rest of the hole with Parker gelcoat to slightly above the top of the hole. next day or after it kicks, use a small sanding block about the size of a deck of card or smaller (make one out of any thing flat like a small piece of starboard) to wet sand the hole flush. the hole will disappear as it becomes flush. you can start out with 400, 600, 1000, 1500 then finish with 3M Finesse It II and finally some wax.

again the key to an invisible repair is the beveling. the new gelcoat has to overlap the freshly bevelled area.

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