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When you drive your boat, do you prefer standing or sitting? What about the passenger by your side?


I stand 90% of the time I'm driving. My passengers probably stand about 25% of the time - depends on how bad the chop is. For me standing gives me better visibility to the water. Much easier to read the waves.

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I also stand 90% of the time. Not only can you see the water better, you can see all of the drunk idiots not paying attention to where their boat is heading.

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Stand.

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I prefer to be standing. My Gladiator had suspension seats in it, but I still think that we took less punishment in the stand up boats. For me personally, my body seems to take the punishment of running offshore better when standing up. Besides that, I also like the better visibility of standing versus sitting down while running. Just my personal preference.

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I like to stand .... probably why my hair always looks like chit :rolleyes: :p

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Stand in my 35...the new 42 I sit down is the cat's a$$. Feel good and tuckin in.

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Stand Up

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Stand.

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stand...

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I like to sit provided there is a good foot rest. I have drop outs but I am thinking of getting rid of them and getting high back buckets. In my boat you can see fine from a seated postion.

It seems that most deeper cockpit boats I've been in, you have to stand or you can't see very well.

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Stand Up!! Back can't take much abuse!! :eek:

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Under way I don't have much choice as I have the high back buckets that are on the floor in my Spectre. They're cushy though and very comfortable. Kind of like boating in a recliner. :D

When we're in the coves or around the docks I'll usually either sit up on an armrest or on a knee so I can see a little better over the sponsons. :drink: :cool:

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:D :D :D I like to stand up for #1, and sit down for #2.

:D

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Stand up..but it is way more dangerous I have a interesting story on that one to if you would like to hear it.

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I don't think they've invented a seat that absorbs the pounding of offshore better than my legs do.

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Stand...

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stand :D

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LMAO :D :D

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...theres gotta be at least one smart a$$ on on every thread! :drink:

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Me stand , wifie sit.

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Stand when it's rough, sit when it's not. Wife sits shotgun. Passengers flop around behind me...

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I think we've got time, lets here it.

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On my fourth offshore boat - three previous (fountain , cigarette ) were stand up models and everything was cool. Then i got a Donzi ZR....and with it's adjustable footrest's, canopies and secure seats - sitting has never been better.

Dave

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stand :D

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I have heard bad stories about standing up when riding offshore and that you should be sitting whenever possible, here is my little story and I know we all do it a buddy of mine was leaving the falls at cumberland in a 25 outlaw when he was first starting to take off like most he stood up because the bow lift and he hit big wake sending the boat straight up causing the motor to stall and the boat to fall to the side throwing him out of the the boat but not compleatly. His legs caught, when the boat corrected it self, it whipped him back into the boat violently throwing him into the boat. He was banged up went to the hospital and checked out ok but definatly scared him to death. Now what should you really do? There is no way to see unless we are standing when we are first accellerating but is it the safest thing? What about when we are shooting across the water standing I know I have been knocked down I have always had my kill switch attached but is it the safest thing? I am not asking to start a fight or to say one persons way is better than anothers just looking for other options or opinions I know I stand when first accelerating, but after I got knocked down I started to sit as much as I could when I was shooting across the water.

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we feel safer sitting down in our cat, no bow rise at all coming on plane, much more secure feeling sitting in the seats at 110 in the big seas.

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set down is coming back.. like full circle, i personally like it better alot more comfy.

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It really depends on how your boat is configured. When I had a smaller cat, it was not an option to stand. My new boat has stand-up bolsters all the way to my chest...this is a very secure feeling when it gets rough.

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Stand

Met a lot of guys with back aches that sit however.

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I don't want to start a "whats better debate" but I always found myself standing in the bolsters in my V-bottoms, but never feel the need to in my cat maybe because of the wider beam?

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I am surprised that it hasn't turned into an argument about which is better either. It's nice to just let everyone state their opinion, without someone feeling the need to convert them to their way of thinking.

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I think cockpit depth is the deciding factor. If your sitting four foot off the floor your probable more comfortable standing. Who want's to be on a pedistal flying off shore? If you have a low profile seats/boat and your feet comfortably rest on the floor I would sit. For me low profile is the only way I feel secure. I think thier is a trend for 100+ mph boats as sit down with race harness's. (seat belts)

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Stand.

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Stand, I had a 28' Checkmate that had alot
of freeboard & was a stand up. Moved to a
32 fever which is basically a sit down. Just
bought a 35 executioner which is stand up.
I'll take the stand up anyday. You just dont
take the thumpin you get in a sit down.

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some days i prefer to stand and some days i am lazy and want to sit :D:

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I have had both and like the stand up better but my sit down cat was a sweet ride too.

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Stand, wife sits in all but the worst stuff.

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sit down changed my seats in ol from standup I have been thrown out on to the deck :eek: and out the side overboard :eek: ten years ago at first I add about 8'' to the bolsters and made them narrow by 2'' so 2yrs ago I had offshore performance in cal ,make me a drop out bolster which cuts in and out , :cool: :cool: :cool:

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The only time I ever sit is if something goes wrong and I am ideling back, like saturday when I blew a drive. I think you capture the real experience if you are standing...wind in your face, seeing everything, then again my boat goes 70, I don't know if I would want to stand going 120.

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The T/S boats seem to ride more level, so i like the Gladiator well as a sit down.
My '96 TopGun was obviously stand-up but that was the only way to see over the wind deflectors at speed.

I am seriously looking at a Gladiator in the near future so I'd say I'm sold on sitting.