Where to purchase a "tournament seat" for ~ 2005 Ski Nautique 206 (open bow)

[SilentSeven]

Been poking around to see if I can find the right 206 for my family. A key option I need on my boat is the tournament seat - it's basically a 2 person seat that's next to driver and replaces the factory 1 person seat. I'm OK if I have to replace the upholstery to match.

Any ideas how to source the seat unit? Anyone have one for sale?

Thanks!

[functionoverfashion]

Could you live with just a jump seat? That's the single seat that can go in the middle, or behind the driver's seat next to the engine on a direct drive, and they come up for sale here and there. I grabbed one from ebay last winter, it was one of two that came up for sale in ~6 months! But they're around.

Google image search shows several that changed hands via this forum like the one below:

[SilentSeven]

Dunno. I'd love to see one in the walkthrough passage to better understand how it fits. Does that back flip down?

Nautiqueparts.com confirmed that the factory seat is NLA. I'll either have to buy a boat with one already installed or get creative in some manner. 206 is too small of boat to loose a forward seating position for a lightly used walk through passage. :/

[functionoverfashion]

The back doesn't flip down, but it's pretty light and easy to move. I end up leaving mine in the walkthrough most of the time anyway, as it happens. It's easy to hop over.

It should fit pretty nicely except if the seat is curved, but that's not a big deal in my opinion. The slant of the back and overall height should be close. The one I got just happened to be the exact right one, with a curved bit that matched the curve of the existing seat. Of course, by "exact right one" I mean, it fits perfectly but is the wrong color vinyl and carpet. I can't bring myself to spend $200-400 on replacing the vinyl and carpet when it's in such good shape, though (it was like new). Most of the time there's either a person or a towel on it anyway. Some day I'll make it match.

[functionoverfashion]

Ah! I knew I had a picture of it somewhere.

A 206 will be different, of course, but you can see what I'm talking about with the curved part.

[SilentSeven]

no bueno on the picture. :/ love to see it....

[functionoverfashion]

I think I fixed it. Weird, because I could see it the whole time, on different devices, even. But anyway, pictures in forums will always be finicky.

[SilentSeven]

See it now. Yes, That could work but wouldn't be my first choice. Thanks for showing me...