Rear back rests on 226 Seafarer

[MarineBob]

The back rests on my 2013 Seafarer need some love. I am thinking its a good winter project. My question is how do these come off the boat? Next trip I will get a photo but the cushions in wuestion are the vertcal back rests either side of the motor well.

 

[Mustang65fbk]

I'm not sure if they changed them up at all, but I believe the ones on my 2004 just slide on and off the inserts.

 

[Halfhitch]

I'm not sure if they changed them up at all, but I believe the ones on my 2004 just slide on and off the inserts.

Mine were the same. There was 2 snaps on tabs at the bottom of each back and then just slide up off the brackets.

It may be Velcro on the bottom now.

 

[Mustang65fbk]

Mine were the same. There was 2 snaps on tabs at the bottom of each back and then just slide up off the brackets.

It may be Velcro on the bottom now.

I'm looking at a picture of my boat without the seat backs installed and I believe there are two snaps on top of the transom to "hold them down". I say "hold them down" because they're pretty ineffective it seems like at any speeds over 25-30 mph. Not sure if this is how it's supposed to come from the factory or if they were added later on, but I don't believe there are any snaps on the bottom, though I could obviously be mistaken. I rarely ever use mine because I don't hardly ever have anyone sitting back there, or at least for an extended period of time, and I don't want them to go flying out and lose them.

 

[Halfhitch]

Yes, when I bought my 228, one of those backs had jumped off as the previous owner was headed for Key West. He didn't miss it till he got down there. They spent a week there and, on the way back home they stopped in Largo for some lunch. A guy walked in the restaurant carrying the seat back and said he was following him when it bounced out. He recognized the boat and rig and gave it back. A miracle. It was beat up a bit so after I bought the boat, I had it recovered. I never trailered with them in place.

You are right about the snaps on top of the transom and the opposing half is under the curved portion of the seat. I copied a later model and had tabs sewed on the bottom with snaps. I had forgotten that till you mentioned the top snaps.