Question on mounting a seat

Scuda11

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I have a 20 ft C/C Proline. I have 2 bucket style pedestal seats. They are mounted on a piece of MG plywood on the deck. The one on the starboard is real loose, looks like some dryrot on the plywood. I want to put it back obviously and strengthen both of them. I was thinking of placing another piece of MG plywood over the original, maybe 3/8 inch, paint it white with INTERLUX (or equiv) and then mount both of them on top of that. Should I put some Fiberglas resin on the screws before I screw them in, for strength?<br /><br />Any comments greatly welcomed. Thanks.
 

Solittle

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Re: Question on mounting a seat

You are not going to get much strength out of 3/8" ply with rot underneath no matter what you do. What shape is the deck itself in?<br /><br />When you plan this out keep in mind that much of the stress on the mount will be from side loads.
 

quantumleap

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Re: Question on mounting a seat

Remove the rot as it will only spread and get worse over time.
 
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