[Public-List] Hiking seat

[Lawrence Morris]

Gordon,

Be sure to check the new winch height that the lifeline does not interfere with the winch handle rotation. 
If it works, I would be interested in the patterns to make a set for my boat.

Good luck.





Larry 

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> On Sep 25, 2013, at 2:53 PM, Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net> wrote:
> 
> I like to perch on the coaming while sailing.  I have been thinking of
> making an improvement that might go something like this...
> 
> I am thinking of removing the primary and secondary winches from the molded
> winch pads.  I'll then make a mahogany plank shaped so that it follows the
> top flat profile of the winch pads, and has a connecting piece about 2"
> wide.  I'll fit that to the winch pads and glue it to the coaming - the
> result being that I'll have a narrow flat to sit on between the winches, and
> the winches themselves will be re-bolted on top of the new wood.
> 
> I think it'll look nice, and make it a little nicer to perch on the coaming.
> 
> I've been thinking about this for quite some time.  Maybe I'll do it next
> spring.
> 
> Gord #426 Surprise
> 
> 
>> On 25/09/13 2:15 PM, "Bill Boyle" <wpb1210 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I¹ve been sailing my A30 now for the past summer.  Mainly day trips out of the
>> Magathy and around the bay.     My roots in sailing go back to dingys and that
>> meant hiking out and/or sitting on the rail using a hiking stick on the
>> tiller.    I tried to do that on this boat but the coaming is quite hard on
>> the butt!  I¹ve looked at the pictures on the A30 site and tried to see if
>> anyone had solved the problem.  I saw a few attempts but I was not satisfied
>> with just a flat board attached to the coaming.  Does anyone have a solution
>> for comfortably sitting on the rail as a sailing position?   If anyone has a
>> picture of what they have done I would appreciate a copy at my email address. 
>> wpb1210 at yahoo.com
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Bill
>> Boyle
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