Hey everyone,

Recently acquired a '76 21' Hawaiian that is freshly painted and mostly ready to go except for the interior.  I plan to purchase two bucket seats for the front from Overtons for about $170 each but would like to build the rear in some sort of bench seat fashion. I have an idea of making the bench seat to just sit right in front of the motor, for about 3 people,  and making paneling for the sides, which i have the old ones so templates are not a problem, but I am not sure how to maximize seating and looks without dropping tons of money.  I am open to any suggestions in switching or moving or doing anything different though. I am a youngin who unfortunately has not gotten to the top of my payscale yet so keeping it cheap is best, especially because I would love to take it out this season.  Motor work I can do as well as carpentry, electrical, yada yada yada. But I thought Id ask you guys what your suggestions were when setting all of this up.  I have seen some threads and most of the work here was amazing. First time owning a boat though and I want to make it look great but yet still work with a budget.  I know you guys know what I mean! Thanks for all the help!!

Brian

This is just an idea i came up with.  Could possibly be simple to make.  It would definately maximize your seating!

Here's how my 21' Tahiti is layed out.  I love it, it works perfect.  We can seat six in relative comfort and still have pleny of storage under the engine cover for storage of dry goods.  Plus the hatch makes a nice spot for the girlies to get some sun   

This is from my old 19' Hawaiian

That's a nice arrangement!

You lose a little leg/cooler room with that wrap around rear seat, looks killer.