Bigshrimpin looked at this Seafari I was considering as a replacement for my yellow one. It had a back to back seat opposite the helm. He did nice job documented the boat in the post linked below. I did not see the boat first hand but I always thought this seat might be too low to see over the bulkhead. But I do think its a good idea if you can keep passengers out of the transom seats and closer to the cg. I have a galley seat now that I will unfold and use more as a bench seat at times. I even slept on in once.

http://www.classicseacraft.com/commu...8&postcount=39

Awesome. Thanks for directing me to the post. With mine not having any transom seats this may be what fits the bill for me an my family. I want to keep the engine box and keep the sides open for fishing. The engine boa will be storage as well as under the seats. If I have the bases made with a 15 to 18 height that will give good height and storage.

Pulled some of the parts off the boat today. Thought a lot of these were marinium from the early generation boats. Mine are originally made in Japan. Anyone else seen this on theirs?

Hinges NO !!
Rod holders, Do not think so......
With that being said, do not let that slow you down !
Forge ahead..:cool:

John- guess in Long Island must not get warm enough to use the tilt out windshield. In Fla and SC I use it more often than not. Also great on anchor with Bimini up, to grab the breeze. Hope you can get it working.

Marinium hardware
 

Can’t look at them right now. Pretty sure my marinium hardware has a WC on them for Wilcox Crittendon. Guess they could have outsourced the casting to China, but would doubt it in that era. About 20 years ago was reviewing China casting dimensional results for parts for industrial gas turbines. They weren’t very good! But would be good enough for rod holders

I thought about back to back seating on mine, but decided to keep the pedestals and the rear seats, and just use a cooler for a 5th seat if necessary. Give it a try with the higher base and let us know how it works out!

Finished up my cabin doors today. Now I just need to start on the transom and floor. If I bring home any more boat projects I may have to sleep in it. At least the doors are nice. Not bad for the original 50 year old teak. Even replaced the screen material.

Nice job! Amazing how resilient teak is.

Looks good. Do you have privacy inserts for those doors - in case a lady needs to use the loo?