Build Your Own Boat Bench Seat

Bench seats are ideal for the boat as they can be used for sitting or sunbathing.

Build your own boat bench seat.

There are also kits which can be purchased from specialist shops in order to build a boat. Boat bench seats are an easy way to increase the amount of seating area in your boat and they also enable you to make the most of limited space. A pontoon boat s deck is a big flat open area waiting to be filled with friends and toys. At our shop we have a special rate called boat rate this bench will end up costing way more than it should but everything on a boat does.

They can be used to replace a storage area lid or the panels covering the in board motor cavity. A homemade boat can be made from fiberglass aluminum steel or wood. Yet another easy to build diy bench is available at my outdoor plans. Boats are fun but there s an old saying that they just make a big hole in the water where you put your money.

It calls for several 2x4s of various lengths for the legs trim and seat. The vinyl all throughout the boat was pretty much shot so in my ultimate wisdom i decided to take on the project and redo the interior. All the details and pictures necessary to build this bench are included in the plan. Like the image shows the bench seat rests on two blocks which sets it 16 off the ground.

For the do it yourself boat owner this means seating for those friends and storage for those toys can be combined in a single unit where the seats have compartments below to store water toys and gear that would otherwise be underfoot when underway. The boat is an inboard outboard so there is a padded motor box in the back with a custom sized jump seat on each side of the motor. Heck i sewed back in middle school what was that.