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jefferydfloyd
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Initially Posted - 04/05/2015 : 19:49:41

I am trying to find an older thread about fabricating a helm seat from a garelick fighting chair... any help in locating would be appreciated

Jeff Floyd

zeil
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Response Posted - 04/06/2015 : 10:16:37

Perhaps this is what you're looking for...

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jefferydfloyd
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Response Posted - 04/06/2015 : 10:40:49

thanks for the reply, but it was a different thread... the one I am looking for was for an elevated seat at the helm, fabricated from a garelick fighting chair.

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philagnes2003
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Response Posted - 04/07/2015 : 17:29:33

http://www.catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=24127

this was my version

Mac's Bounty
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Response Posted - 04/08/2015 : 18:53:31

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Originally posted by zeil

Perhaps this is what you're looking for...

I've seen this design posted a few times, and I've always bit my tongue. But I really feel a need to speak up about my safety concerns over the severe torque that a person sitting in this seat would put on the attachment points inside the fuel locker. As supplied from the factory, the backrest that this seat attaches to only has locknuts with relatively small washers inside the fuel locker. With someone sitting on the seat, the stresses pulling out on the top washers/nuts would be huge, and may actually cause the fiberglass to fail and throw the occupant overboard. Even with enlarged washers or full backing plates, the fiberglass and plywood are not very thick at that point. I would not trust it with my body weight.

Am I the only one that sees a safety issue with this design?

Rick S., Swarthmore, PA
PO of Take Five, 1998 Catalina 250WK #348 (relocated to Baltimore's Inner Harbor)
New owner of 2001 Catalina 34MkII #1535 Breakin' Away (at Rock Hall Landing Marina)

jefferydfloyd
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Response Posted - 04/08/2015 : 19:49:39

looking for the thread on the nauti duck folding helmsman chair fabrication

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zeil
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Response Posted - 04/09/2015 : 17:19:08

Good question... the seat was fabricated and installed in 2006 before we went on our "living aboard full time and going South", 17,000 mile (25,000 km) 13 month long trip around our continent. The kids and ourselves have used it with pleasure as a perch and very often as a convenient platform for outdoor meal preparation. It is also a nice out-of-the-way location for mounting the BBQ and our flag.

It is inspected regularly including the mounting hardware, the inside and outside fiberglass of the tank area for any cracks, hairlines or other signs of fatigue or overload. To date none have been observed. Nor, while under load, is any in-deflection visible whatsoever.

Even though the 1995 tank's fiberglass matting and wall thickness looks/feels pretty substantial (perhaps differently constructed on newer models?), we do not load the seat with the stern-mast support while the boat is transported on the road but do so when the rudder is mounted. The galvanized steel sleeve as shown in the photo will carry the weight of the horizontal mast on the seat while in the water and the rudder's pintles and gudgeons are in use by the rudder

The only downside to this nice addition is, when registering, that the overall length of our 1995 C250 #151 hull is now 26ft give or take...

Edited by - zeil on 04/09/2015 17:47:33

jefferydfloyd
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Response Posted - 04/13/2015 : 17:23:09

Found the original post... it was archived... this is the post

http://www.catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=15877&SearchTerms=folding,helm,seat

it is a great mod... getting ready to finish mine this weekend

Jeff Floyd

gerardolau
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Response Posted - 05/22/2015 : 06:53:54

Hello, Im looking for the dimensions or measurements but of the side stern seats.. Anyone?

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Gerardo
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