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L-shaped cockpit bench
My Newporter currently is missing the cockpit benches and I am thinking of making the starboard bench into an L-shaped bench. I measured and I have 40" from the cockpit coaming to 2" short of the mizzen mast and then I can go aft along the cockpit coaming aprox. 60" which I think would work. The port side bench is going to have to be aprox. 16" wide by 60" long, 16" is all the space I have between the coaming and the door. It's just a thought at this point but I need to figure out what I am going to do soon as that is one of my many upcoming projects.
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Comment by Clyde A. Phillips on May 17, 2014 at 12:38am
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Greg,
Sounds like a good idea. That part of the bench on the starboard side that will be against the house would make a good place to stand and look forward. Some may find it a favorite spot. For people shorter than I am it is a problem to see ahead from the cockpit and that bench would help alleviate that. As a little background, if you don’t know it, the original seat box was made as a door to the propane tank storage. The box had a wood cleat screwed to the after bulkhead of the dog house to hook the forward end of the box and a bolt hole in the tab (an extension of the back of the box) on the after end of the box through which a bolt passed to secure the seat in place. Check to see where your propane is stored and keep it easy to remove the tank for refilling. I expect you may already have that figured, but others may not think about it.
Enjoy your work. It sounds like you are.
Peace, Capt Clyde
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