[Rhodes22-list] Why Use Two Support Columns Per Cockpit Seat Vs. Only One per Seat?

[Roger Pihlaja]

Ed,

The reason why I designed in two support columns per cockpit seat instead of just one per seat has to do with stiffening the cockpit seat area around the lazarette hatch.  As I mentioned in my pervious post, the bulkhead on the front of the lazarette compartment is not attached to the cockpit seats & is therefore not a structural support for the seats.  Having two equally spaced support columns per cockpit seat locates the aft columns right on the forward edge of the drain gutter in the rear of the cockpit.  This is a pretty good location to provide structural support for the cockpit seat going across the boat over the lazarette compartment.  If one were to only use one support column per cockpit seat; then, these columns would be too far away from the lazarette compartment to provide much side-to-side stiffening back there. 

Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium