Bow seat rebuild

Here are the photos of my latest project.
I rebuilt the entire bow area, including the console boards, and the support for the upper bow section. I think it came out looking nice.
I plan to do the rest of the interior next year.

Re: Bow seat rebuild

Looks real good strange82

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Looks great, nice work.
Whats the scoop thing on your boat?

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Turbo intake

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Very, very nice and well executed. I've been wanting to do the same with my bow area, but it's too hot down here in Texas (109 deg. F today). Could you share some more details?

Did you cover the original aluminum sides (the bottom pieces with the cutouts) or did you make new ones from wood?

1/2" or 3/4"?

How did you attach to the support rail around the hull? Rivets, screws?


Thanks man.

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I built the whole set up out of 3/4 plywood. Then covered it with indoor/outdoor carpet (glue it down in the field, then staple it in all the hidden ares for best results)
I made the tops removable to get to the storage space. I always thought the cut outs in the original were way to small to be useful.
I hope you have the original parts to use as a pattern, I did and it saved me sooooo much time, I just duplicated what was there before.
The small support piece (the part above the seat that gives the top deck it's strength) was rotted on my boat so I had to replace that. It was not real easy to do, I had to remove the rub-rail, drill out a bunch of rivets to get the top deck section off, but in the end it was necessary, and worth the effort.

GLG fishing said:

Looks great, nice work.
Whats the scoop thing on your boat?

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It's my horn. Kinda funky looking, isn't it?

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Oh, Concept10.
As you can probably see, all the visable screws are, stainless with backers, so they don't cut the upholstery.

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Very nice work. I'm going to have to redo mine as I built it out of 1/2" and it's not strong enough.

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I thought about using 1/2 for a little while because of weight concerns, but decided the added strength was more benifitial in the end.

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Very nice job. Did you do the white cushioning along the sides? Mine has been replaced with bumpers cut in half.U