Helm Seat for 26 / 260 with wheel

[Tom Hultberg]

Has anyone come up with a clever (hopefully cheap) seat for a H26 with a wheel? I can sit my rear on the horizontal stantiion but that is very uncompfortable for long trips.

 

[Alan]

260 or 26

They are different by the stern where the wheel is and a wheel for the 26 is always after-market. A friend with a 260 bought a folding seat from WestMarine and bolted it on to the fuel access cover (or whatever it is called). It works well.

 

[Dave Oberholtzer]

seat

I made a seat out of Mahogony and attached it to the stern rail. It is a piece of wood about 9" by 12" and is attached at the aft of it to the top of the stern rail with two rail table mounts that I found at west marine. The mounts are plastic with a metal screw which makes it easy to remove. To support the front of the seat I mounted two allumunium poles (from an old bimini) on hinges and they start at the front of the seat and run down on a 45 degree cant to rest against the raised edge under the stern rail. It is even a good place to mount a flag (on the back of the seat). Mine seems to work great and it is easily removed of lowered if needed. If you have any more questions my e-mail is ober@directweb.comDave Oberholtzer"Hydrotherapy"

 

[Scott Blahnik]

A cooler?

I read where one owner uses a cooler to sit on. Sure makes for easy access to a cold one!scott