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People,you are spending way to much time on this topic. The cockpit fill in  
cushions have the proper sized plywood inserts to support any amount of weight 
 (human that is) that can be placed in the cockpit. The strips around the 
edge of  the cockpit seats are strong enough (wood or plastic) to support the 
weight.  Trust Stan and his thorough testing methods before releasing them to the 
public. 

Rummy

In a message dated 7/11/2008 7:24:18 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
ekroposki at charter.net writes:

John,

To solve Roberts dilemma, get slow setting epoxy (need  slow or extra slow
because of ambient temperatures), small chip brush and  some Kevlar tape (
see: http://www.raka.com/Kevlar.html). 

Remove  wood strips from outside.  

Coat the inside/underside of the lip  with epoxy and apply tape to reinforce. 
Let harden but not cure, apply  second coat of epoxy and second layer of
tape.  Let harden and apply  another layer of just epoxy to smooth surface. 
Let dry and cure and  redrill the screw holes.  Reattach wood strips.

In repair jargon,  one layer of epoxy and one layer of polyester tape is
considered equivalent  to ¼” of marine plywood.  So you would be adding
equivalent of ½” of  plywood reinforcement around edge of seats.  If you are
as big a  Robert claims he is, you may want to double these instructions, and
even  add reinforcing ribs (aka stringers) under the seats.  

And still  if in doubt, you can do as previous owner of my boat did, and add
stainless  steel seat supports.  Now all you need is mosquito netting.
Previous  discussions on this forum have given many suggestions therefore.

Ed  K
Greenville, SC, USA
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Robert Skinner wrote:

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John - cockpit sleeping - reinforce the lip of the seats