On Fri, 8 Apr 2005 10:50:02 -0400, "Tim J."
wrote:

I just stuck the word "flyfishing" in there so it would be on-topic.
;-)

Okay all you roffian canoers, here's the plan: My canoe has two seats at
front and rear with a gunwale in the center. Can I remove the center
gunwale and replace it with a solid, mounted seat for solo ventures, or
will that screw up the structural integrity of the canoe?


Old Town has (or had, I bought one years ago and it's fine) a solid
drop in seat of strong plastic as well as their more popular drop in
seat of canvas. You could probably permanently mount it pretty
easily. You could put that right in front of the yoke / thwart /
gunwale and be fine. You could even cobble up something so that the
thwart would help hold it for a backrest.

Other companies probably have something similar.

If you do remove the present yoke, be sure that you drop the seat
you're putting in by several inches lower than the present yoke /
thwart. Put it as low as possible consonant with your comfort. The
lower any weight is in the bottom of the boat, the more stable the
boat. With a canoe, this is even more important than with a rowboat
or motor boat.



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