Take a seat

After a rainy April, hopefully more work should be done on the boat this month. The main progress over the last couple of weeks has been the rear seats. One is now completely finished, and the other isn’t too far off. Dad made the wooden bases, I varnished them, and Mum made the cushions. A real family effort!

The wooden bases have a hardwood frame underneath them, which is designed to slot into the side storage compartments on the boat to hold the seats in place. In the past it looks as though hinges were used, but I imagined it would be a little awkward opening and closing the seats to reach the storage, so we went for the lifting on and off idea instead.



The wooden bases then have a 2” piece of foam on top, and are covered in white fake leather, chosen to match the front seats. However to get a proper colour match I’m going to have to really give the front seats a good clean. Or maybe dirty the rear seats up (would certainly be easier).



Last weekend the side panels were taken off the boat (with great difficulty, due to the rusted in bolts – again, a job for Dad). These will now be re-made and covered in the same fake-leather material as the seats. I think the sponge from the old side panels is still useable, so I’ll give that a clean up and remove all the embedded bolt rust.

Apart from the dashboard, the boat is now completely stripped inside, with only just over a month to get it ready for holidays. Arrrrgh!!!