Fold up armrests

[acdfpic]

Greetings,

I have been wishing for some fold up armrests ever since I was crossing the Strait of Juan de Fuca one day and hit some pretty serious wave action. It was hard to stay in the seat. I was considering a new seat, but most ran over $400 and were going to be a tight squeeze in my RT 25SC. I found some bolt on armrests in the scratch and dent section of Springfield Marine...makers of the seats on my RT, They don't replace the hinges perfectly, but very close. The seat back sits up and back a little now, but not enough to be a problem. The seat actually folds better now than it did before. I will test them out when I get the boat back in the water at the beginning of April. It they work as well as I think they will, I'll pull them off and paint them to match. The armrests I made out of some wood for a base, and some extra foam I had laying around. And no...I'm not much at sewing...functional, but not pretty.

Here's the link to the armrests: http://www.springfieldmarinescratchanddent.com/armrest/ The shipping was way more than the armrests.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/b4v3ruhgkx0o4by/seat%20armrests.jpg?dl=0

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[acdfpic]

Ok...with lots of help...it looks like I got the pictures to post in my photo album.

 

[knotflying]

I have considered a seat belt for those few times that you have difficulty staying in the seat. The arm rests look good.

 

[ALICE J]

Bite the bullet, get a Lebroc mini captains chair . Get it at the boat show, ask for discount, then again. Give your credit card don’t sweat the number, your posterior will thank you, your back will thank you. Remember, this pleasure boating, not an endurance contest 😱 The chair bolt holes fit the 2011 R27 . I did change out the hinges because the original Ranger were too small to take the torque when bouncing with a 170lb. Home Depot SS door hinges