The original helm seat was fine but had two drawbacks which, over time, had really begun to irritate. First, it creaked at every slight movement of the boat whilst cruising, and second, its ‘real estate’ footprint meant squeezing between it and the table to reach the port side of the Pilot House.

After chatting on the Fleming Owners forum, the answer had to be an Admiral Luxury Low Back Slimline helm seat from STIDD.

Fitting was really easy. The original seat was unscrewed from its stainless steel base plate which was itself bolted through the floor to a large aluminium plate. Since the STIDD had a larger diameter base, a new plate was fabricated to fit the same bolt holes.

Once the new base was installed, the STIDD instructions were easy to follow and in just 30 minutes the new seat ‘was born’. Its engineering is superb. The movement fore/aft, swivel, height and backrest angle, is so smooth. Beautiful.

The result – perfection! What a great seat. Bonus – no creaking and a smaller foot print.

Piers
from the Pilot House of
Play d’eau
Fleming 55