stainless jockey seats

nugent · 04 April 2011, 15:38

any one ever seen one of these or heard what there like ?

biffer · 04 April 2011, 15:50

you would need some pretty hefty floor anchors to get away with putting that on a deck

nugent · 04 April 2011, 16:06

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Originally Posted by biffer

you would need some pretty hefty floor anchors to get away with putting that on a deck

was thinking coach screws are not man enough

best stop messing about get it in the water see if its got the grunt/handling that i like then tube it b4 spending any more on her

Steve_B · 04 April 2011, 16:26

Looks very like the ones that Humber make/use

nugent · 04 April 2011, 17:50

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Originally Posted by 250kts

Looks very like the ones that Humber make/use

http://www.marinefabrications.co.uk/marine.html

Hightower · 04 April 2011, 18:05

They look really uncomfortable.

For evey 2" of compression the seat moves, the back will move forwards by at least that if not more.

Dry Run · 04 April 2011, 22:20

I'm guessing the idea is that the spring works to help pivot the seat to absorb the shock of bouncing over a wave? I've tried similar systems and come to the conclusion that (old as they are) my legs and a jockey seat can anticipate and react quicker!!! Might not say that 10 years from now!

Nasher · 05 April 2011, 12:08

Get the damping wrong on those and in a rough sea Stainless jockeys would be rather useful - in that they'd be 'Wipe Clean'

Nasher

BogMonster · 05 April 2011, 21:47

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Originally Posted by Hightower

They look really uncomfortable.

For evey 2" of compression the seat moves, the back will move forwards by at least that if not more.

You would think so but there was a write up of the Humber version in Rib mag recently and they said the design was a huge improvement on fixed seats fitted on the same boat (same seat but a rigid bar in place of the damper). I'd have thought a heavy landing was a recipe for teeth being left in the wheel but that's not what the review said.

Hightower · 06 April 2011, 00:22

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Originally Posted by BogMonster

You would think so but there was a write up of the Humber version in Rib mag recently and they said the design was a huge improvement on fixed seats fitted on the same boat (same seat but a rigid bar in place of the damper). I'd have thought a heavy landing was a recipe for teeth being left in the wheel but that's not what the review said.

Yeh, but that said, we all know that reviews in mags can be biased and not completely independent. If it was that good there would be loads in the market place as this option is quite cheap to make.

I reckon that the only way this type of seat might work is to have it high so that you're almost standing and riding it jockey style with a low slung kidney back support.

prairie tuber · 06 April 2011, 03:08

The hinge location is anti-ergonomic.

Nasher · 06 April 2011, 07:00

It would possibly be good to take some of the shocks and bumps from a short interval low wave height choppy sea, where you are just skipping along on the top, but I think would be worse than a fixed jockey in anything remotely rough. I reckon you'd be constantly pushing yourself backwards along the seat.

When you hit a wave the boat slows down slightly, and your un-tethered weight carries you forward and down.
With this design the front of the seat drops and tips you forward at exactly the same time as the momentum acting on your weight, so you’ll slide forwards.
As bog Monster says, there’s a serious risk of a teeth meeting steering wheel scenario, and your legs will be supporting your weight in an unnatural direction/position causng more fatigue than standing over a normal Jockey.

Nasher

BogMonster · 06 April 2011, 09:50

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Originally Posted by Hightower

Yeh, but that said, we all know that reviews in mags can be biased and not completely independent. If it was that good there would be loads in the market place as this option is quite cheap to make.

I reckon that the only way this type of seat might work is to have it high so that you're almost standing and riding it jockey style with a low slung kidney back support.

I agree looking at it on a "common sense" basis the direction of movement looks uncomfortable ... was just saying what I had seen in the mag.

Particularly when stuffing into a wave and suddenly decelerating / being thrown forwards, the last thing you need would seem to be the seat tipping forwards and a big shove in the middle of your back to push you forwards but I suppose it depends how much movement there is in the seat - if the deceleration means you naturally move forwards anyway (so you are not touching the backrest) maybe it works even though it seems like it shouldn't? I have no idea how much range of movement there is in the seat?

However my main concern is being a fat ^%&()d the seat would probably come out of the deck if I landed on it with a few G behind me