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Seats & Deck Comfort

Boat seats, pedestals, swivels, cushions and ladders. Comfort that survives sun, spray and a season of use.

A captain navigates a boat on a tranquil lake, surrounded by picturesque hillside houses

Swivel Boat Seat: Which Swivel Base Holds Up

A swivel that has gone bad announces itself. It grinds when you turn, it develops a click in one position, …

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Vibrant turquoise and orange wooden rowboat on a pebble beach beside larger boats

Jon Boat Seats: Clamp-On, Swivel or Bench

A factory jon boat seat is a bench of bare aluminum, and after about ninety minutes it stops being acceptable. …

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Best Boat Seats: Comfort That Survives the Sun

Boat seats fail in a predictable order. The vinyl goes chalky, then it cracks along the seams where the sun …

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Boat Seat Pedestal: Height, Base and Post Sizes

Pedestals are the part of boat seating nobody researches until something goes wrong. The seat wobbles, or it will not …

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Boat Seat Covers That Stop Sun Cracking

Vinyl does not crack because it got old. It cracks because ultraviolet light broke down the plasticizers that keep it …

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A metal ladder descending from a pier into calm, sunlit water

Best Boat Ladder: Rungs, Reach and Mounting

Two step ladders are the reason people struggle to get back aboard. In the water, with wet hands and no …

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A green and beige cooler sits on a frozen ice surface

Cooler Seat for a Boat: Cushion, Cooler, Storage

Deck space on a small boat is a zero sum game. The cooler has to come, everybody wants somewhere to …

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Boat Bench Seat: Fold-Down and Storage Options

A bench seat is the most useful square footage on a small boat and usually the most neglected. It carries …

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Bass Boat Seats: High-Back Picks for Long Days

A fishing day is long. Out before daylight, back after the wind gets up, and in between a lot of …

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