[Public-List] Cockpit bench seat covers

[John Brugeman]

My cockpit locker seats are not teak but mahogany with stringers underneath and 
a piano hinge at the back.  I am only the second owner of #305 (Mermaid) and I 
am not sure  if the are original seats or not.  I have lightly sanded them 
several times and have always used Sikens on them and they have held up very 
nice.  The front of the seat has a lip which is probably a separate piece of 
wood which overlaps for a better weather seal on the front side. If you are any 
kind of wood worker or know of someone who is, they would not be hard to make. I 
would certainly get rid of the plywood. 



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From: Bill Wallace <wayfarer3134 at yahoo.com>
To: alberg 30 <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
Sent: Tue, February 26, 2013 9:35:09 AM
Subject: [Public-List] Cockpit bench seat covers

Has anyone replaced their bench seat wood - on my Alberg 30, they are plywood 
but with the seat cushions, they have delaminated rather badly.  I'd like to 
replace them with something which I can still sit on but will either dry out or 
won't delaminate but will still look nice if the cushions aren't down.  I was 
thinking of two options: adding 3/4" wide by 1/8" thick slats spaced at 1/4" (eg 
1 slat per inch), probably mahogany unless I can find a bit of teak around here. 
 This would be on top of a new plywood cover which is laminated to thickness, 
but not cut to size yet.  Covered with cetol marine.  I figure with only 1/4" 
between slats it will still be ok to sit on but will dry.  I would only put the 
slats on the opening cover area, not the entire seat area.  I figure I can sit 
on the wood at that spacing in reasonable comfort.

Other option is to just replace the plywood, cover with cetol and make seats 
with a mesh bottom and the foam that allows water to run through.  I've never 
tried that foam, but it is supposed to work fairly well - the issue is that it 
still needs somewhere to go.

Anyone fixed this issue on their boat with success?

Bill.
Alberg 30 "Chewan"
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