Remove the bow seating

[spharis]

I tried removing my bow seating this weekend while running wires, and found that it s harder than I had hoped. On my model, the gunnels are drilled, and the seating supports or back supports have post that go into the holes and fender washers go on the back to secure (I changed the nuts to wingnuts). In the bow, I assumed there would only be the two nearest the helm, as there is no physical way to get your hand any further into the foward gunnel to access nuts further in. I removed those, and the seat backs were still held tight. I could not find anything else as far as I could reach. Have any of you guys with open bows on models this old removed your bow cushioning? I gave up and just contorted my body into bizarre shapes to get what I needed done. I did not remove the base screws as I could not get the seat backs to loosen. I assume there would only be the two rear nuts on the seat back, and the self tappers on the seat base.....am I off here?

[dogbert]

Send Andrew a PM. He can probably help you out. He's answered similar questions about my '99 before.

[jleger98]

You gotta remember how they build these. They may assemble a lot of the interior with it off the hull. when they put the "interior" into the hull, some of that stuff might be unreachable. Just my $.02

[Paublo]

Everything is removeable. On the older Tige's, the seat backs were attached very simply with screws throught the cushion between cracks in the cushion bolsters. Look very carefully and you will find the screw heads.