Helm Seat – Home Made – Three Versions

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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