Things you ll need tape measure pencil hinge plates drill screws saw marine plywood roll of 1 inch foam contact cement scissors marine vinyl staple gun staples razor blade.
Build a bench seat for boat.
Attach a level to the top of the sheet and shim it to level.
A boat canoe kayak or even a raft without seating is simply impractical.
Impractical seating can take the fun out of water.
It might float but staying atop the boat will be difficult.
We are going to look at how to build a boat bench seat.
Building a bench seat for your boat.
I used a de stitching tool and dismantled the old covers and used them as patterns for the new ones.
They turned out great and i used this as a learning experience on how to make the bench seat from scratch.
Seating is one of the prime fundamentals of building a boat.
If it s already in the water then problem solved it s already level.
Jack the boat so that it sits level as if it s in the water.
Take a sheet of luan or other thin plywood about the size or slightly smaller than the front of the bench.