Ply deck under tank

[thewalshies]

Can you post some of the pics of the bar stool???

Thanks,

[Trayder]

The way the seating in my boat works is as follows:


I have 2 Swivl Eze brand stanless steel deck plates mounted aft of my center console. They are thru-bolted in the deck.



Into these deck plates I have the option of putting 1 or 2 barstools. the barstools have the following fixture mounted to their bottom:




And the leaning post/rocket launcher I fabricated has 2 of them mounted to the bottom.


The Barstool uses one of these from the deck mount to the the fixture above





and the leaning post utiulized two of them.

The deck plates and the fixture under the seating is stainless and the posts are aluminum

All of the above pop on and off in 20 seconds and are all easily dissasembled.

Again my boat is under wraps so I do not have shots of the deck plates but I should be able to conjure up some photos of the leaning post and the barstools.

[dcobbett]

Trayder,

Thanks, I'd like to see more shots of your leaning post and single post seating.
I fish with a friend that re did a 22-2 Aquasport and put down 2 Todd plates (the kind that allows you to remove the posts) and built a leaning post around them. The only problem he has is the pop up cover plate is hinged and in the up position will cut a fly line, so he wraps the base of the post with a towel. The rig is very sturdy, which is what led me to ask about your installation. Here's the only pic I could find of the 22-2 install. You can just see the cover of the plate cocked up at at about 80^ in front of the post
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[ScottM]

dcobbett,
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[WillyC]

dcobbett,
I have the same boat as you, 1976 20' sf. Well the title says so but the hull numbers are puzzling. Anyway, I just pulled out my tank this weekend and didn't find any plywood base. Just a bare fiberglass compartment. I'm not sure if this was the original setup because the tank was not foamed in. Up in front of the tank it's completely foamed in. Behind the tank is the same except for two tunnels (for running cables ect.) adjacent to the fiberglass stringers. I'm just curious if your boat looks the same. Thanks -will

[dcobbett]

Will,

Pretty sure my tank area looks the same as yours (see attached pictures). The holes are new, by me to see if the ply under the glass was in decent shape.

I've also included a pic of someone elses boat where the owner has removed the top layer of glass and the rotted ply floor under the tank. What you see is the center stringer and the inside of the bottom of the hull (the white PVC is the owner's recent addition-not original equipment).
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[WillyC]

dcobbett,
Thanks for the pictures. My tank hold looks exactly the same as yours. I didn't realize that the plywood was underneith that glass bottom. I stood up in the tank hold and there was very little flexing. I guess I need to drill some holes like you did to inspect the plywood. Thanks -will

[dcobbett]

Will,

Glad I could help. Not sure you need to drill the holes. I think I probably could have left it at the 100#'s per square foot test, then added that to my age, and slept well for a long time! Now I have a bunch of holes to fill.