Seat/live well combo for my 20' Safari
 

Hello Seacraft folks - I have a '76 Safari which had the galley seat combo on the port side, gone when i got the boat.
I want to put in a livewell there that i can mount a seat on. Handy drain is still there.
Anyone have any ideas about a live well that fits there and be strong enough to support the seat?
I thought I could buy or build one that has the seat base hinged to pivot the seat back giving access to the well top?

Anyone done this?

It wouldn't be hard to do. Here's what the original seat looks like. . . and boat model is a Seafari!

Seafari live well/seat
 

Wow, thanks Bushwacker, that gives me an idea for mounting the seat as the original on a hinged table on top of the live well which would give me a table or bait board.
I wonder if the rotomolded live wells could support a seat or maybe hunt up an original galley to convert?

The galley seats are even more scarce than a Seafari, which they only about 700 of, so I wouldn't recommended modifying a seat even if you found one. The seats aren't that heavily built (made with a chopper gun layup), not much more than 1/8" thick, so you would probably have to reinforce it anyway if you put a very large tank in it. I think you'd be better off with a rotomolded live well that you could add a folding seat/table to.

Ron342,

I have custom seat boxes that were made for my 25 Seafari. I am installing a west coast style bait system and have pulled the boxes out. Well made with bait tank on port side box and fish hold/storage on starboard side. They have seatposts already on them. Need seats. I could put these on a pallet and ship from my shop. Hate to see them go to waste. Really well done by Strick (Well Known Member here). I will get some pics. Could let them go for $200 each plus cost to ship.

Here are pics.