Compartment under seat pad question

I have been looking at buying this Hobie wave and I have a couple of questions.

1. (my main concern) Under each seat pad, is a round compartment maybe 4-5 inches in diameter, fastened in by 5-6 screws. I am concerned how waterproof they are? I have never seen this, is this normal?

2. The seats, are not Hobie seat pads, are they as easy as just ungluing/peeling off or is it a lot of work?

3. What do you use to put the new Hobie seats back..what kind go glue?

Bill M

The access ports with screws are good.

The seats have sticky back. Peel and stick.

May be hard to remove if well glued. Why remove them?

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Matt Miller
Former - Director of Parts and Accessory Sales
Warranty and Technical Support
Hobie Cat USA
(Retired 11/7/2022)

Thanks for the reply! The seat pads are worn pretty bad, not much padding left, and need replacing.

May have to scrape some of the glue off. Not too bad.

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Matt Miller
Former - Director of Parts and Accessory Sales
Warranty and Technical Support
Hobie Cat USA
(Retired 11/7/2022)