Yes, the padding is KEY.
Use the mitigator material by PPI.
Someone in the GD forum gave this material RAVE reviews.
http://www.ppi-fl.com/mitigator.htm

thanks for the tip, I was reading up on the material last night, very cool stuff, plus I do most of my boating in lake havasu...not quite as rough as the boat could take so I realy dont have too many worries about geting beat up....but I still wll go the extra for the god padding. It will help when I decide to take it out in big blue....I just love fresh water...dont like salt....too anal

Like sitting on a cloud.

After going both ways I prefer straight, no realy sit down is the king . Ride in them back to back no comparison plus I will out run you in big water cause me and my pasengers are comfotable. Plus they will be cheering go faster the last time we tryed yhat in a old school back seat 2 people were in the emergency room .. nuff said

Hey B , who did your interior? hate to ask but....what did it cost?

Love the sit downs in my 24. No problems with my back and it's in the air much more than a 28. At 6'4" it does avoid the "Herman Munster" look as well!

I love my sit down,not as tired when I get home and it saves my jacked up knee from hurting more.

I have come to the conclusion that my next boat will be a 28 Pantera and I would like it to be a sit down. The questions I have sine they were not originally a sit down..

Is it hard to see the gauges?Is it uncomfortable with the throttle in a stand up position and how hard would it be to relocate the throttle?

In my scarab everything is in the perfect spot and I feel a lot safer in it.I'm only 5'6" on a good day.

Tmone has a 24 sit down and he had PPI put the MITIGATOR pad in the two front seat, made a big difference, worth the extra $$$$.

Hey Rocky, sorry to hear about your mom. That was a tough deal. Take care and enjoy life a bit bud!

Its cheeper to buy mine tryed and proven plus mine has a good bottom and runs 90+ on a bad day.