Removing a seat from the tinny?

[Onajewagain]

Hi all,

Looking for a little advice. I have a Brooker 12ft tinny with three bench seats, would it make any difference if I took the middle seat out? Is there any structural qualities in the seat itself?

I've attached a few pics for a looksy.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Brad

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[Fab1]

That middle seat would be there to stop the middle of the boat folding in on itself.

The thwarts/seats on tinnys provide the structual strength/ridgidity needed to support the sides of the boat from caving in,so do the ribs to an extent.

I would leave it alone and perhaps build a casting platform as so many others have done over the years for the added bonus of a flat floor and a lot more storage.

If you do decide to remove bear in mind you will more than likely need to add extra bracing to make up for what you removed.

Cheers.

[Onajewagain]

Thanks Fab1, I thought that would be the case, but a question worth asking. Back to the first idea, casting platform and hatches!

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[bloodshot]

And maybe more floatation

[Jocler]

My neighbour simply cut out an area within the top of the seat and dropped in a live bait tank and plumbed it all in. Looked pretty good and made that area a lot more useful.

J

[austral]

in an old fishing book I have they cut away the middle seat and had some wide trays/ reinforcing placed down the side of the boat..

[austral]

plus it already has those ribs in it next to the seat so I think it should be ok..my boat has two bench seats with ribs in the middle and it hasn't collapsed it on its self yet..

[Onajewagain]

My neighbour simply cut out an area within the top of the seat and dropped in a live bait tank and plumbed it all in. Looked pretty good and made that area a lot more useful.

J

Yep, probably what I'll do. Just starting to strip it all back for paint, then the floor/casting deck will go in with a bait tank and esky in the middle seat, and storage hatches in between the seats and up the nose. I'll put the pics up when I finish, should be a month or so.

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[Onajewagain]

plus it already has those ribs in it next to the seat so I think it should be ok..my boat has two bench seats with ribs in the middle and it hasn't collapsed it on its self yet..

I don't think it would collapse as such, but certainly would be weaker.

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[Fab1]

My neighbour simply cut out an area within the top of the seat and dropped in a live bait tank and plumbed it all in. Looked pretty good and made that area a lot more useful.

J

I cut mine out and lided it to store my gear.

I did weld in bracing and add full underfloor floatation to make up for quintrex,s crappy effort.

When it's closed you could hide a dead body in there and nobody would know its there.

Cheers.

[Onajewagain]

That looks awesome! I'm not going that far with it, my seats aren't wide enough to gain that much storage, so a small prefab bait tank on one side and a hatch with a lift out tray I'll use for an esky/catch box on the other side. I figure the floatation in the seat will give enough insulation to get me through a fishing trip, then it's just hatches in the casting deck into the hull for storage. The floatation I remove will go into the bottom somewhere.

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[Jocler]

Fab1 that is a great setup. I will try to get some pics of my neighbours setup as well.

J

[Onajewagain]

I'd love to see them Jocler, the more inspiration the better!

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[jeffb5.8]

What about removing your front seat and making that a casting deck, with under floor storage.

The front has more strength than the middle would in my guestimation.

Edited February 5, 2015 by jeffb5.8