www.iFourWinns.com

This is from someone else's pic, but my boat is missing this piece. The plastic lip at the edge of the seat, it's there to hold up the other cushions for making this area a bed.

Maybe I should just make one myself? I think I'd use metal so it would hold up better...

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Chris and Alicia
Las Vegas, NV
ALTIVA
1996 Four Winns 238 Vista Dlx 5.8Fi

If I was to make it, I would look at starboard.

YUP,,,,star board for sure. It costs a few bucks but you'll never have to make another one.

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07 Azure AZ200,
Previous boat,
95 278 Vista,
And a lot of others.

Ontario, Canada

So where do I get "Starboard"? Can I cut and shape it myself or do I need special tools?

TIA

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Chris and Alicia
Las Vegas, NV
ALTIVA
1996 Four Winns 238 Vista Dlx 5.8Fi

West Marine. Use woodworking tools. Nothing special required.

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2008 210SS 6.2L DTS Bravo 1 Now featuring MercMonitor w/SmartTow

West Marine charges TOO much for everything. Defender.com has it for less or google it.

Its like working with a hard pine or softer than oak. Before you take a router to it, use a piece of scrap first.

So I bought a piece of Starboard on E-bay (great price $30 shipped) for 1/2" 12"x48" scrap. Now I am hoping someone out there a an accurate measurement for this piece. I am sure I can make some measurements, and make an educated guess...but that will require me to be with the boat...and it's in storage. I'd rather do it right the first time, So I was hoping someone out there has a good measurement and can get me started making a template and I can go from there. I guess I just need length and width and maybe corner radius? I have never actually seen one, so I am a little hesitant to just make a good guess.

TIA.

ebay starboard and cut to fit and router the edges. boom done. $30 and you are done

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Not Penny's Boat

1993 190 Horizon 5.0L EFI
http://www.smwebhead.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=11136
1977 14' CMF Skiff SOLD
2015 Emotion Stealth Angler 11

Which I did....already



I'm not as handy as you ...so I was hoping to get some measurements from an existing one, as mine was missing when I bought her. So that I can do it right the first time

I had to make a smaller piece for my 2009 Vista; the factory one was not protruding enough, so the seat cushion that was resting on it would collapse as soon as anyone sat on it. Moral; don't assume the factory piece and its dimensions are fit for purpose ! I used some 1/2" thick engineering nylon sheet I had lying around ( a relic from my job in the plastics industry).

For years I have struggled to cut such substrates in a straight line with a jigsaw . This time I used a TCT circular saw, so, so, easy !

Hi mate,

Are your seats 'straight across' like the ones you pictured, as mine are the later model of Vista and are slightly more 'curvy' so to speak!
If yours are the same shape as mine i'm happy to measure mine in a few places and pm you details....

Thanks for the offer but mine is just like the picture, straight across.

LVChris,

If you can not get any one to get you rough measurements, you will have to take some card board to your boat and create a template. I recommend going big and trim down to what works after "test fitting". As mentioned above, what works on someone else s boat or from the factory may not work best for your boat or use.

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2000 248 5.7L DP
'92, '94 SXI 750, '08 STX 15F, '12 Ultra LX 300
Videos

Do you want me to see if it's on the abandoned 238 behind my boat mechanics shop ?

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1998 VISTA 258

Powermaker, couldn't hurt. I already bought the starboard to cut and make one, but really wish I had a rough measurement to start with.

Thanks!