Hi Lawrence. Thank you for watching our video. Foot rests below helm chairs are largely dependent on the boat builder and style of boat because they are generally part of the console design or the fiberglass box design to which the chair is attached. For smaller boats that require leaning posts instead, our TACO Neptune Leaning Posts come with a folding footrest. You can view all TACO Leaning Posts here: tacomarine.com/leaning-posts-2
@Lawrence Forbes As a service mgr with premium fiberglass up to 34 foot, service comes if a product fails. Structure in the seat is required to provide a foot rest. A fiberglass seat is lightweight and strong, but does not have the structure required. Remember, during recreation, a foot rest in the out position may provide a child’s curiosity to create the same actions as adult. If your son is 7 years old and 55lbs, 5 seconds of time may allow them to climb the seat using the foot rest as well as a pet dog. Seats manufactured with aluminum brackets, bracing and marine plywood are better suited to adding a foot rest. If you have skills, place a pivot using a 3 to 1 ratio. Mark it into 4 even sections and place the pivot 2/3rds back. Allow for sturdy brackets to hold the last 1/3rd for a stop. I have seen these added either purchased or home built, just add room for moving parts away from upholstery and wrap & glue marine grade vinyl over moving part sides. Alway build heavier not lighter materials. Use a stainless steel bolt, perhaps sleeve for pivot as these require oil, but never see any. Always wrap seat foam with plastic to keep water from soaking in. The design is simple, just make it sturdy. Built a model in your garage using paint sticks glued together and drill holes to see operation. Recreate the existing seat using a scale model to see what works and does not. This sounds like a lot of work, but measure, take photos in storage and build one…or buy complete seat. The problem comes with matching vinyls as a Sea Ray-white maybe bright than Bayliner-white. Cut, fold, find a good staple gun like a “Arrow-TruTac” & use SS staples. Best of luck! Make memories! DK, ASE master tech since 1978, retired. (Instructor, Auto Tech Seminars, Fabricator, sewer, body, welding, electrical and Painter)
Needs foot rests
Hi Lawrence. Thank you for watching our video. Foot rests below helm chairs are largely dependent on the boat builder and style of boat because they are generally part of the console design or the fiberglass box design to which the chair is attached. For smaller boats that require leaning posts instead, our TACO Neptune Leaning Posts come with a folding footrest. You can view all TACO Leaning Posts here: tacomarine.com/leaning-posts-2
@Lawrence Forbes As a service mgr with premium fiberglass up to 34 foot, service comes if a product fails. Structure in the seat is required to provide a foot rest. A fiberglass seat is lightweight and strong, but does not have the structure required. Remember, during recreation, a foot rest in the out position may provide a child’s curiosity to create the same actions as adult. If your son is 7 years old and 55lbs, 5 seconds of time may allow them to climb the seat using the foot rest as well as a pet dog. Seats manufactured with aluminum brackets, bracing and marine plywood are better suited to adding a foot rest. If you have skills, place a pivot using a 3 to 1 ratio. Mark it into 4 even sections and place the pivot 2/3rds back. Allow for sturdy brackets to hold the last 1/3rd for a stop. I have seen these added either purchased or home built, just add room for moving parts away from upholstery and wrap & glue marine grade vinyl over moving part sides. Alway build heavier not lighter materials. Use a stainless steel bolt, perhaps sleeve for pivot as these require oil, but never see any. Always wrap seat foam with plastic to keep water from soaking in. The design is simple, just make it sturdy. Built a model in your garage using paint sticks glued together and drill holes to see operation. Recreate the existing seat using a scale model to see what works and does not. This sounds like a lot of work, but measure, take photos in storage and build one…or buy complete seat. The problem comes with matching vinyls as a Sea Ray-white maybe bright than Bayliner-white. Cut, fold, find a good staple gun like a “Arrow-TruTac” & use SS staples. Best of luck! Make memories!
DK, ASE master tech since 1978, retired. (Instructor, Auto Tech Seminars, Fabricator, sewer, body, welding, electrical and Painter)