Official 1980's Weekender/Sundancer 300 thread

I'd of bought his boat just for that seat!

The search continues to this day
 



someone feel bad for me and send me a bunch of pics and dimensions lol
 
Which seat are you looking to build, the fold down bench or that 'euro' couch? I've never seen the couch in person and don't know how you store it when you want access to the bilge. My DA has the fold out bench and it works well, and doesn't clutter the deck when not in use.
 
Only thing I have left on mine is the back rest. Will that help you any?

i also have two of the feet that you will need
 
The fold down seat on my Sundancer should be the same as what was on your weekender.
I redid mine this winter, but already installed it back in to the boat just before Christmas.
Anyway, there is a frame for the foldown seat. The frame fits in to that space, and closes off the sides. It includes a horizontal kick panel across the bottom, and another horizontal panel with three cupholders that is exposed when the seat is folded down.
The two horizontal panels tie the two side panels together, and form a base for the seat bottom.
The seat bottom is attached with a long piano hinge.
There is a hinged seatback that is a separate piece, and goes across the top. It also has a piano hinge so that it can be lifted to fold the bottom up, and then fall back down in to place and retain the seat bottom.
There is a filler piece that goes to the starboard side of the seat back. The padding marches that on the seatback, and it is built on 1/2" marine plywood. Like all of the combing panels, the plywood has two 1/4" x 20" panhead screws fed through from front to back. and held in with "T" nuts.
The complete panel is attached to the boat with the 1/4"x20 screws going through the round holes you have in the gelcoat. Once in place, you secure it with a large fender washer and lock washer, along with a 1/4"20 nut.
All hardware is stainless.
There is also another piece of combing that goes under that filler piece.
I wish I had know that you needed this infor a couple of months ago when I had everything off of the boat.
Once I uncover the boat in the Spring, I can take pictures of it all in place to give you an idea of how it goes.
 
dwna1a said:
Only thing I have left on mine is the back rest. Will that help you any?

i also have two of the feet that you will need
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That backrest, and the two feet would probably come in handy for him so he at least gets the top piano hinge, sees what the thing looks like, and then has the right height foldaway legs for the seat bottom.
I think the piano hinge for the seat bottom may be the same as the one for the top. If it is, he can match it up.
 
anybody have a lewmar winlass? I ran mine when i first got the boat, out 15' or so and back just to see if it worked and it did just fine, but i had to break apart an in line fuse holder to get the fuse out to see what size it was. i was surprised to see on what looks like 10 gauge wire there was a 3 amp fuse. this wire goes from the control solenoid to the switch, not the breaker. does that sound right?
 
since I cant move forward on most of my other projects, I went ahead and installed my new Smart TV and mount. It has a full range of motion and you can pull it out and angle it toward the dinette.

I braced it with teak trim inside the forward closet.



 
JVM225 said:
The fold down seat on my Sundancer should be the same as what was on your weekender.
I redid mine this winter, but already installed it back in to the boat just before Christmas.
Anyway, there is a frame for the foldown seat. The frame fits in to that space, and closes off the sides. It includes a horizontal kick panel across the bottom, and another horizontal panel with three cupholders that is exposed when the seat is folded down.
The two horizontal panels tie the two side panels together, and form a base for the seat bottom.
The seat bottom is attached with a long piano hinge.
There is a hinged seatback that is a separate piece, and goes across the top. It also has a piano hinge so that it can be lifted to fold the bottom up, and then fall back down in to place and retain the seat bottom.
There is a filler piece that goes to the starboard side of the seat back. The padding marches that on the seatback, and it is built on 1/2" marine plywood. Like all of the combing panels, the plywood has two 1/4" x 20" panhead screws fed through from front to back. and held in with "T" nuts.
The complete panel is attached to the boat with the 1/4"x20 screws going through the round holes you have in the gelcoat. Once in place, you secure it with a large fender washer and lock washer, along with a 1/4"20 nut.
All hardware is stainless.
There is also another piece of combing that goes under that filler piece.
I wish I had know that you needed this infor a couple of months ago when I had everything off of the boat.
Once I uncover the boat in the Spring, I can take pictures of it all in place to give you an idea of how it goes.
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It's not the same. See the pictures I posted.
 
I am taking a day off tomorrow and I will get the measurements of the backrest. I will post them from the boat

Weve been repairing our floating dock after all the snow and ice, I'm sorry it's taken this long to get what you need.
 
Pure84, the tv looks great. Mine is in the same place and setup the same way. One hint, use a Velcro strap to hold the tv in place while underway. I went to my canvas shop and bought a Velcro snap and that's how I keep the tv from moving around
 
the weekenders have a fixed seat,the Sundancer has a foldup seat.they are 2 different seats.
 
Pure84GTT said:
since I cant move forward on most of my other projects, I went ahead and installed my new Smart TV and mount. It has a full range of motion and you can pull it out and angle it toward the dinette.

I braced it with teak trim inside the forward closet.



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Looks great!
What size TV is that? Is it 110/12volt? I see the power cord running back in to the closet.
If it's 110 volt only, did you plug it in to the outlet under the galley that the fridge is plugged in to?
Last question: Which mount did you use?
 
Ok - here are some pics and measurements of the rear seating. I'm operating on no sleep so if something is confusing - let's just blame it on that.

Cushions
From left wall to right hand side - 88" wide
Left cushion - 21" wide
Middle cushion - 33.5" wide
Right cushion - 33.5" wide
All cushions are 21 inches from the transom padding (as shown in photo) and are 4" thick.



Base
Overall width - 66"
Depth from transom wall - 18.5" at the top and 16.5" at the bottom. It's a wedge shape looking at it from the end. See pic.
Left opening - 15.5" wide
Middle opening - 31" wide
Right opening - 15.5" wide





Backrest
Overall length - 88"
Height - 6"
Depth from transom (thickness) - 4"
Starboard side arm rest top length - 19" from transom
Starboard side arm rest bottom length - 22" from transom
Starboard side arm rest height - 6"


 
JVM225 - it is a 32 inch LG LED smart TV.

The mount is probably undersize in my opinion, but the salesmen insisted I get the smaller one. it is the model they rated for 10-32 inch TV's and has full range of motion. Unknown generic brand.

I tossed out all the painted steel screws that came in the kit, and replaced them with stainless nuts and bolts.

the new TV's are super light compared to the old flat screens, so the mount will probably be fine.
 
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