I'm trying to dry fit the seats as per the instructions, but running into some difficulty. I don't know if the angle of my transom is off or the curve of the bottom is off compared to the curve of the seat side, or something else entirely.
I can get the sides in, but they end up with a significant bow with part of the bottom edge scrapping the bottom of the boat in some places (so that it doesn't move, even with a mallet) and significant gaps in other places.
I also tried to put the seat tops in place, but they do not fit into the space in the transom cut out. The width of the end of the seat top and the width of the transom doubler are both 9.5", which means it would need to sit on top of the edge of the seat side, but the seat side seems to take up the whole space.
Things I have tried:
-Checking for and removing any globs of epoxy that might be obstructing
-Sanding down the end of the seat side to see if that helps it fit into the transom cut out better.
So far, no luck. Other thoughts are:
-shaving off part of the seat sides and top until they fit in
-sanding down the seat side bottom edge to see if that helps better align with the curve of the boat.
Before I attempt those, I wanted to check with those with more experience to see if they have any thoughts or suggestions.
Some photos below (I hope they appear):
https://photos.app.goo.gl/GmYyi7HkC8Nshvwv7
https://photos.app.goo.gl/DmYMFKDStTbHBNvg7
https://photos.app.goo.gl/UnPFC3ZBxV1rHjxu7