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thanks larry and joe,

i had seen the seat for the Lewis' boat,, so Joe, you did the repair? How thick of a piece of mahagony did you use? Being an old carpenter,,That's the route i was thinking would be best also, along with replacing the screws on the hinges with stainless thru bolts.

My Montauk has a live well (kodiak) mounted just forward of the cooler location , (between the step up for the anchor locker and the cooler) so room is limited and i need to mount the pedestal similar to the Lewis picture to allow room for a 360 pivot.

We will only use this seat for fishing once arriving at our choice spot, no traveling allowed. :D

Final still unanswered question, i had read another suggestion of installing a latch for the anchor locker to help to secure the hold rig. Is this necessary? Doesn't seem like a bad idea, but i could be missing something,
thanks again for all the advice,, Great Board

rich
the ragin cajun (transplanted to SoCal)
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