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Author:  jfair [ Thu May 22, 2014 11:09 pm ]
Post subject:  headrest

The headrest on the co-pilot's seat at the helm broke off. At the time it looked like a very expensive disaster. I suspect that it gets used as a grab rail when people move about the boat and the design/engineering is a bit lacking. To fix it, I removed the seat from the boat and took the seat back off. The plastic part in the photo is attached to 3/4" plywood within the headrest and the plywood within the seat at the bottom.

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I removed the staples from the headrest vinyl cover and managed to pull it off without breaking the stitching. I made a replacement part for the broken plastic. I considered buying a piece of Starboard but, as I usually do, I relocated a plastic cutting board from the kitchen to my shed. After cutting the plastic to size I beefed it up with 3mm aluminum cut to the same size and reassembled the headrest and screwed it in place. I found it very difficult to get the vinyl back on and stapled down but a local canvas/upholstery shop did it for $10. It's many times stronger than the original.

Just in case someone breaks the same part.

Author:  LVChris [ Fri May 23, 2014 3:23 am ]
Post subject:  Re: headrest

That's awesome! If only I could find a 48" long cutting board I could replace my daypad bracket!

Author:  rpengr [ Fri May 23, 2014 7:06 am ]
Post subject:  Re: headrest

Excellent job, and good info.

But does your wife know why her cutting boards keep disappearing?

Author:  jfair [ Fri May 23, 2014 7:50 am ]
Post subject:  Re: headrest

rpengr wrote:
Excellent job, and good info.

But does your wife know why her cutting boards keep disappearing?



I do all our cooking so the secret is safe with me.

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