Director's chairs or similar

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Blimey, they look exactly the same as the ones I bought last year from a wholesaler, roughly the same price in Euro, but for 6 of them! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
And nicely built either, varnished teak, with brass hardware and a strong, sun and wash-resistant woven.
Unfortunately that seller doesn't have any e-business, so I can't help you in this respect.

On a side note, if those chairs give a clue of the profit the company is able to make, I would have rather tried to buy some of their shares than one of their boats.... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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They look exactly the same as the ones we purchased from Habitat about 4 years ago.

They are very robust and were not very expensive. I have just been back and purchased sets of replacement canvas seats and backs in different colours just for a change and they were only £6.00 for each chair.

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We inherited some Ferretti directors chairs with our boat which I always found very uncomfortable so this season I bought a couple of LAFUMA recliners. They are incredibly comfortable and recline easily from an upright seated position to a near horizontal position. They seem to be top quality gear and come in a range of colours and you can buy a towelling cover and storage bag as well. They even do an XL version for heavily muscled peeps like me. Only prob is that they're not quite upright enough to eat at a table
 
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Yeah I know, 'twas a bit of a tongue in cheek comment obviously.
I've yet to find a company which is not for sale, though.
Try offering Mr.Braithwaite the same ebitda multiple that was paid for London Airport, and I bet you'll become the new proud owner of Sunseeker in no time.
 
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Take a look at these, Directors Chairs

I have two, they are great quality and about 1/2 the price of the Sunseeker one's you refer to. Hope this helps!
 
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Magnum I know they're very expensive but those Timage chairs are uber high quality. I have the Onward Trading £265 jobs (part 3652, in Paulf7's link) and they're very good with excellent mortice joints and high quality teak, but not as good as the Timage ones. I didn't know about the Timages when i got the OnwardTrading jobs, else I would have got Timages

The Amazon/B&Q jobs are pretty poor quality imho compared with Timage and Onward. And not teak. So imho you gotta choose Timage/Onward to "fit" your boat if you want wood/director style chairs. Price is crazy, but they got you over a barrel?

Make sure to specify silver metalwork, cos many are supplied with brass by default and I'm guessing your boat is a brass/gold free zone

On superyachts you invariably see the Timage ones (Timage are merely the importer, dunno who makes them) where director chairs are used. Of course above a certain size folding chairs aren't used and the well known big superyacht furniture makers eg www.summitfurniture.com don't make director chairs. Hence the Timage ones are I reckon the best there is.

Below pic taken yesterday (boat was on charter) is my onward trading stuff, now 5 years old. Still looks like new and all the mortice joints are tight. The B&Q stuff would never last 5 years at sea (I'm about to dump the striped fabric cos I'm bored with it, and re do in the sunbrella). also remeber it doesn't stop at the £426. You need to pay extra to have the fabric made in charcoal Sunbrella, and to have them padded (mine are padded in pic below, wheres the standard Timages have just unpadded canvas under your bum). So you're looking at £600 each, shreik.

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I think you have to decide between folding, stacking or permanent chairs. If you have room to leave them out permanently, and will regularly want to seat a few people round the table, then the whicker type look the best IMO, like the Barlow Tyrie one's above. They can always be secured with a webbing strap on passages.

Stacking are good if you plan to leave them out most of the time, but can obviously stack them when cleaning, or again to secure them when on passage.

Folding type, its either directors or fold flat chairs, both are suitable. We have fold flat, but I think maybe directors are a better option, as they're a bit lighter to move around, and fold up smaller.

These people have some different options, and they look nice and robust, but not much cheaper than Sunseeker.

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They look good. I'd bet they are made by the same supplier as the Timage jobs. Wood is cut to same sections.
 
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jfm, I asked a local upholstery supplier to quote for recovering my exterior cushions in sunbrella. He was dead against it because he thinks the sunbrella fabric will stain easily, particularly if the cushions are left out in the rain and the rain leaves it's usual red sand deposits. We've got large flat areas of sunbed cushions which are just left out for the season uncovered and, therefore, will get rained on. He reckons vinyl cleans up much easier. What do you reckon?
I'm thinking sunbrella for the helm seat, fly seating area and cockpit cushions which are all usually covered and doing the fly and foredeck sunbed cushions, which are left uncovered, in vinyl
 
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Make sure to specify silver metalwork, cos many are supplied with brass by default and I'm guessing your boat is a brass/gold free zone

[/ QUOTE ]What are those "silver" versions actually made of? Unless 316 inox (which I guess they aren't), I'd expect nice and clean brass to look better than rusty silver on any boat.
 
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Yeah sure it's 316 stainless on Onward Trading and Timage gear. For £300 or £400 ++ you do get that! The point I was making was just aesthetic - I assume Magnum is going for all-silver look and no brass/gold anywhere on his new boat
 
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