Re: helm bench seat
If the seat base was rotted I'd be very hesitant to think that nothing else attached to the deck or the deck it's self wasn't also at risk of having some water intrusion problems...........
The seat looks like this '75SR SRV 200's:
The base of the helm seat doesn't mirror image the port seat? And you only need to rebuild the base? It's likely 47" long, right, not a bench that's 47" wide... Pix would help.........
Unless there's trailer or hull damage, I guess the vehicle they used to tow your boat off hit something while he was stealing the boat & the sudden stop allowed the seat base to pull loose w/out anyone seated in it?
Sorry to hear some scumb** stole your boat, that's a bummer! It's nice to hear it 'only' took an hour to recover it.... That actually sounds almost too good to be true. Maybe that involves the sudden stop :facepalm:
There's a Jeff F, redneck story in there somewhere, or maybe a good 'Here's your sign' story. Another forum I frequent also has a recent 'Some scumb** stole my boat' thread. It turned out to be a neighbor further up the court, and when they got busted the cops found all manner of stuff they'd taken from their own neighbors & never bothered to take the stuff out of the neighborhood. Got OR'd until their court date & got filmed by several security cams, knocking on doors & attempting to talk to the people they'd stolen from, a clear violation of their OR release. Got re-arrested for witness tampering or some such & the judge called all 3 (son & father, and either daughter or daughter inlaw) stupid in open court.
The guy who posted the thread's boat wasn't recovered, but his license plate, & ser# recorded fishfinder were. Figures they cut the aluminum boat up to scrap it.
Glad you got your's back, even if somewhat disheveled.....
If this is the SeaRay you had steering & trim problems w/ back in the fall, I think you mentioned that it had been sitting (outside?) for a good long while, that makes me think there is some thorough inspections of multiple wooden structure in your future, as I noted initially.............
Post up some pix & the crew @these parts will help ya Git-R-Done!
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