mattkab
Senior Member
We cruised our new-to-us 1983 CHB for about 200 hours this summer. Overall she is very comfortable on the water in all conditions that the protected waters of Puget Sound threw at us... but we found that sitting for a long time at the lower helm station got uncomfortable. Here is a picture of what we end up doing:
So we thought we'd put a new helm seat in this winter. The problem is what, exactly, to do.
We are not very tall people, so we can't reach the steering wheel while sitting on the built-in helm seat; it's a few inches too far away. So I was thinking of putting in a helm seat that slides forward. But if we mount it on the existing seat top, I'm concerned it will be too high.
If we put a pedestal in, we might be too close. Plus we would block the starboard entryway.
Ideas?
So we thought we'd put a new helm seat in this winter. The problem is what, exactly, to do.
We are not very tall people, so we can't reach the steering wheel while sitting on the built-in helm seat; it's a few inches too far away. So I was thinking of putting in a helm seat that slides forward. But if we mount it on the existing seat top, I'm concerned it will be too high.
If we put a pedestal in, we might be too close. Plus we would block the starboard entryway.
Ideas?