A boat chair that is detachably installable on a boat, comprising:
- a chair body which is moveable between a first compact configuration, a first open configuration, and a second open configuration, wherein the chair body is configured for sitting upon when in either of the first open configuration and the second open configuration;
- the chair body comprising a back support structure and a seat support structure which are pivotally connected together about an axis of rotation;
- a retaining pin disposed on the seat support structure is configured to detachably secure an angular position of the back support structure relative to the seat support structure such that the chair body can be secured in either of the first compact configuration, the first open configuration, and the second open configuration, wherein the angular position of the back support structure is different in the second open configuration from the first open configuration;
- wherein the back support structure further includes an indexing plate attached thereto, the indexing plate including a plurality of bores therein configured to receive the retaining pin therein;
- wherein the chair body further comprises an actuator housing disposed on the seat support structure, the retaining pin having a distal pin end and being slidably positioned within the actuator housing, a biasing member being disposed in the actuator housing configured to bias the distal pin end outwardly from the actuator housing;
- and
- wherein a yoke is disposed along the seat support structure and axially displaced along the axis of rotation from the actuator housing, a connector extending from the retaining pin to the yoke such that the retaining pin can be disengaged from the indexing plate so that the back support structure can be pivotally moved relative to the seat support structure by operation of the yoke.