There are a number of other posts that suggest approaches to a helm seat for C380s. Here are two more.
From Mike Gilmore of Morning Glory:
Mike used a Texaline Springfield low back folding coach seat #142232763 mounted on a swivel post mounted on the insert leading to the swim platform. These are available from West Marine and other sources.
From Chuck and Nat Speicher s/v Trinity Hull #3387
This is really simple, and cheap, ( about $30) when traveling down the ICW last year, we realized the need for a helm seat as it’s just too many hours to stand. We bought one of those shower seats, with the plastic seat and adjustable legs on amazon. It fit perfectly on the seat behind the wheel, with out the cushion, we secured it to the back stantions with some ties to keep it from slipping. If it got really rough,
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I made a folding seat platform from wood that I hook to the boarding ladder when I want to sit. It folds flat and stores in either the lazarette or on the deck bungee strapped to the stern pulpit. I place a standard floating boat cushion on top for comfort. I do not carry the helm seat or cushion on board at all. It’s at home over the garage where it has sat for the past couple of years. I found it was always in the way and unpractical to sit on.
Seems that when sitting on the helm seat, even with the oversized cushion, forward visibility left a lot to be desired, so I found myself standing most of the time, which
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I found out the hard way that middle stern section cockpit seat latches do not latch the seat securely on Electra. I stepped on the back of the seat and managed to launch it out into the lake while I fell onto the swim platform. I am correcting this design with one that will securely lock the seat in place and also make it very visible that it is locked. This is accomplished by making aluminum J hooks that are attached to the inside of the seat such that they will hook under the front of the bar that the seat rests on. Another section of bar was added at the back of the seat to reduce the potential for pivoting. I was lucky that this occurred in the slip and not out in the lake.
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