rear facing removeable seat 230

[nautiques4life]

Rear facing removeable seat, anyone ever ordered one AFTER purchasing their boat? I don't feel like calling my dealer and didn't see one on nautiqueparts.com I assume they're stupid expensive and I'm pretty used to seeing them in storage lockers, wondering what 230 owners think? Worth it? Are they just something in the way 50% of the time? Anyone know what they cost if not purchased with the boat? Thanks

[ffmedic74]

I am interested in one as well.

[Miljack]

We have one in our 230, love it! It stays in my boat all summer, plus it's a great wake to shift weight side to side if needed.
As for the cost, I've heard they're expensive, something like $1500?

[dh0125]

we use ours 50% of the time. useful when you need the extra seats, in the way if you only have 5-6 people in the boat. as suggested, it does act as a great way to tune the wake by have the (typically) one person sitting there move. if this tells you anything, for $1500 i'd probably sell you mine i'm guessing you could have one made for much less.

[aquail]

I would purchase someone's rear facing seat!

[charlesml3]

I don't think this is just a matter of purchasing the seat. I believe the mount and bottom cushion aren't correct if the rear-facing seat wasn't ordered. The seat slides in on two posts. There has to be something for that to slide into.

-Charles

[aquail]

Charles thank you for your response. My extended family of teachers just went in and bought our first boat - a 2008 Super Air Nautique 230 Team Edition and unfortunately we just discovered that we don't have the actual rear facing seat. I thought I would simply be looking for the seat and a backrest. Am I correct or is there more to it?

Thank you for any help!

[NautiqueJeff]

I am pretty sure all 236/230 boats had the mount for the seat in place.

[charlesml3]

They all did on the Starboard side. That's standard equipment. On both of the 230s I owned, the Port side seat was an option. And it fit through a hole in the seat bottom. I don't believe that hole and mount were there on all boats. I think it was part of the option.

[s_kelley2000]

I am pretty sure all 236/230 boats had the mount for the seat in place.

Agreed, I have never seen a pre-2014 230/236 without the spot for a seat. If you boat has these, then a factory seat could be added.



I think you would just need to add a pair of these latches to the under side of what I circled above in order for the seat to drop in and lock into the boat but this is just a guess on my part as my boat did not come with a seat. I have been kicking around the idea of fabbing up a seat but over 2 summers of owning my 230 it's rare that I have felt a need for it and feel like it would be in the way more often than not and end up just taking up space in my garage.


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