{"id":13929,"date":"2016-04-17T16:14:03","date_gmt":"2016-04-17T20:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/?p=13929"},"modified":"2025-02-06T16:23:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T20:23:50","slug":"bass-boat-style-swivel-seat-for-w700","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/17\/bass-boat-style-swivel-seat-for-w700\/","title":{"rendered":"Bass boat style swivel seat for W700"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>By Steve Lucas<\/h2>\n<p>The seat swivels. You can do this with any el cheapo, plastic boat seat.<\/p>\n<p>This is still a prototype but it works pretty well. The objective should be tho have the bottom of the seat flush against the saddle while still being able to swivel. This way you don&#8217;t raise your center of gravity much and it eliminates the need for drilling holes in the boat and metal or plastic swivel bases.<\/p>\n<p>1 Rubber Stopper &#8211; Amazon<br \/>\n4 1\/2 inches of PVC pipe<br \/>\n1 Carriage Bolt &#8211; 1 Nut &#8211; 2 Washers<\/p>\n<p>The cushion is optional.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13893\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13893\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13893 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Wavewalk-700-outfitted-with-swivel-seat.jpg\" alt=\"Wavewalk 700 outfitted with swivel seat\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Wavewalk-700-outfitted-with-swivel-seat.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Wavewalk-700-outfitted-with-swivel-seat-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Wavewalk-700-outfitted-with-swivel-seat-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Wavewalk-700-outfitted-with-swivel-seat-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13893\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wavewalk 700 fishing kayak outfitted with a DIY swivel seat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/swivel-seat-outfitted-with-stand.jpg\" alt=\"swivel-seat-outfitted-with-stand\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/swivel-seat-outfitted-with-stand.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/swivel-seat-outfitted-with-stand-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/swivel-seat-outfitted-with-stand-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/swivel-seat-outfitted-with-stand-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13935 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/stand-for-W700-seat.jpg\" alt=\"stand-for-W700-seat\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/stand-for-W700-seat.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/stand-for-W700-seat-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/stand-for-W700-seat-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/stand-for-W700-seat-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/stand-for-W700-seat-2.jpg\" alt=\"stand-for-W700-seat (2)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/stand-for-W700-seat-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/stand-for-W700-seat-2-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/stand-for-W700-seat-2-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/stand-for-W700-seat-2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/inexpensive-swivelseat-for-fishing-kayak.jpg\" alt=\"inexpensive-swivelseat-for-fishing-kayak\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/inexpensive-swivelseat-for-fishing-kayak.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/inexpensive-swivelseat-for-fishing-kayak-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/inexpensive-swivelseat-for-fishing-kayak-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/inexpensive-swivelseat-for-fishing-kayak-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13932 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/fishing-kayak-swivel-seat-bottom-view.jpg\" alt=\"fishing-kayak-swivel-seat-bottom-view\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/fishing-kayak-swivel-seat-bottom-view.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/fishing-kayak-swivel-seat-bottom-view-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/fishing-kayak-swivel-seat-bottom-view-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/fishing-kayak-swivel-seat-bottom-view-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13931 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/cushion-for-swivel-seat.jpg\" alt=\"cushion-for-swivel-seat\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/cushion-for-swivel-seat.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/cushion-for-swivel-seat-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/cushion-for-swivel-seat-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/cushion-for-swivel-seat-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/?s=lucas\">More fishing and rigging with Steve \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Steve Lucas The seat swivels. You can do this with any el cheapo, plastic boat seat. This is still a prototype but it works pretty well. The objective should be tho have the bottom of the seat flush against the saddle while still being able to swivel. This way you don&#8217;t raise your center &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/17\/bass-boat-style-swivel-seat-for-w700\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bass boat style swivel seat for W700&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-category"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13929"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26168,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13929\/revisions\/26168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}