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Ok..so i got a stern seat from Speialty Marine (see sponsor page)
It's great quality, and i recommend these guys. Only problem is, they did not supply any mounting or installation guide/instructions.

Now, ideally, i would like to make the installation of this seat as temporary as possible, because it kind of gets in the way of fishing. Kamie suggested that i not screw to the floor, and just use the back rail to secure it into the boat, because the weight will keep it in place.

This seat came with some mounting hardware to screw into the floor. Should i mount small pices of Marine plywood to this hardware so i do not damage the floor? or some other material?

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When I installed my stern seat, I raised it a total of 3 1/2 inches higher than normal. This was accomplished by adding 2X6 lumber to the underside of the seat and adding 2 inch teak blocks to the legs. What I found was the stern seat was heavy enough to stay down. I don't do a lot of wave jumping so it may not be the same case if you do. My seat stays down and doesn't bounce around at all, just using the back support rail.
I would use either small pieces of teak or marine plywood or shop scraps until you decide if you want to secure it to the floor. The wood should keep any sharp edges from scratching the non-skid.

Stern Seat
Stern Seal Rail

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Maybe you can put it on coolers like Jeff did. Have you looked at his thread?
http://whalercentral.com/forum/viewth...ad_id=1308

Here's Joe's article -
http://www.whalercentral.com/readarti...icle_id=50
and another
http://www.whalercentral.com/readarti...icle_id=36

Here's a couple pics from the Specialty Marine site -
[img]http://www.specialtymarine.com/products_pictures/ST-1_2L.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.specialtymarine.com/products_pictures/ST-1_3L.jpg[/img]

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Kamie....only type i go wave jumping is heading out to the fishing grounds if there are waves that need to be jumped. otherwise, with wife and kids on board, i typically look for the smoothest water around (believe it or not..wife gets sea sick).

I'll jack it up a couple inches on wood blocks and use the rail as trial.

Arthureld, the photos you show is the exact seat/harware that i have to work with. I'm going to mount blocks of wood (marine plywood or teak) to the bases so as to not mark/damage the non-skid decking.
Thanks for the info.

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You should also check the distance from the bottom of the front lip to the deck. On the OEM seat, it's 10 inches, not high enough to get much of anything under there. By raising it up, I got a Rubbermaid plastic tub that I use to store PFD's in, which keeps them out of the front cooler.

The speciality Marine version, looks like you can raise up the seat by getting longer legs?

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Yeah...the legs they provided are 7/8 dia. od x 12" long.

I'm sure i have some stainless kicking around where i can make the legs longer.

again, thanks for the input

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I have been emailing back and forth with Eric at Specialty Marine about longer legs also.

Does anyone have any 7/8" OD tubing that they want to cut to 15" lengths and sell me???

howard

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Howard,
7/8 tubing is standard size for rails and places like West Marine sell it in 6 foot lengths.

Be aware that if you raise the sternseat the back support bar will hit lower on the back. I haven't found it a problem.