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MOOSE
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 Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 3:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Little Catelyn wrote: | | -- two nylon pins along the underside of the forward edge of the seat allow the seat to simply fold forward, or release them to remove the seat. |
This sounds really interesting, like something we might want to do. Can you post a pic of the modification or describe it a little better?
TX
Al
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Little Catelyn
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| Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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Al,
Next time I'm out at the boat -- which should be this week -- I will take a photo for you. This really is a nice and clean setup. More to follow...
Corwin |
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james
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| Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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nobody mentioned the nicest thing, the bacardi drainer and shot glass..lol
nice touch...
James
PS when's cocktail hour? 
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Little Catelyn
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| Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:46 am Post subject: |
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Photos for that helm seat setup are now in my photo album. The attachment hardware is a two piece part -- a spring loaded pin is mounted to the underside of the seat, and a bracket which the pin fits into is mounted to the leading edge of the cabinet (or ice box, if so equipped) top. The seat can simply be folded forward or the entire helm seat can be removed by pulling the pins. Hope these photos don't reveal any trade secrets! 
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MOOSE
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| Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:12 am Post subject: |
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When I look at your helm seat sub-album, it says it contains no items????
Al |
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Little Catelyn
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| Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 3:08 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry, I placed the above post while I was uploading the photos last night. I waited a couple hours for the upload to complete, but had to cancel as it was wayyyyy past my bedtime. Today the upload went much quicker -- so try again.
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MOOSE
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| Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks a lot for trying again. The idea is certainly simple enough. Now, I wonder where Les gets those hinges?
Al |
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MOOSE
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| Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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I asked Les about the removable helm seat modification and, as usual, he was gracious enough to tell me. He no longer uses the nylon separable hinges pictured in Little Catelyn's album. What he described took me a little while to figure out, but what he does is mount the seat on a 3/4" piece of Decraguard long enough to reach the back of the cabinet it sits on. Then he mounts a two-piece, mating, aluminum extrusion to the back of the cabinet and to the Decraguard. The extrusion is used for mounting tables inside RVs. I just ordered a section of it
HERE A stop block keeps the seat from sliding too far starboard and a hasp style latch locks the front of the seat down.
A removable helm seat is such a good idea, I don't know why I didn't think of it before. As Jimmy Buffett once said, "It's like the Jitterbug, it's so simple it plumb evaded me."
Al |
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Sea Wolf
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| Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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THIS IS FUNNY!
This extrusion is the same one that the original 1987 CD-22 Cruisers came with on their dinette tables!
You know, before the factory changed hardware to the second system, which wouldn't stay attached, and had to have a fix afixed!!!
No wonder Les knew about this extruded/detachable hinge system!
Joe.
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