flyfishing from the canoe

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.



Cyli
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Often taunted by trout. Almost entirely harmless.

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Sure you can Tim....but two things to note.
1) You can often turn the canoe around and use the bow seat, put a
little weight of course in the new bow...wilderness-tripping style.
or
2) Remove the middle thwart...but remember to put the seat-setup in
Behind the center mark. Don't know how much paddling you do...if
you're sit-&_switch or kneeling...you always want the "catch" to happen
near center, but the actual area of one's power pull wants to be behind
center a bit. You want to look at your canoe's design...and gauge
where it paddles the most efficiently from....to specifically mark
where your weight should be.

Have fun,
Steve

Tim,
In browsing over my Usenet groups...I'm skimming over this one...your
canoe is a Solo Plus? or have I missed it somewhere... cause it
sounds like you're thinking about putting a LOT of people(Too Many!) in
a canoe....and remain stable...!, especially for your first canoe. I
don't know how long you've been paddling, but...overload a canoe and
you're asking for a potentially exciting(of the wrong kind) voyage...

Steve

Steve D. wrote:
Tim,
In browsing over my Usenet groups...I'm skimming over this one...your
canoe is a Solo Plus? or have I missed it somewhere...

No, mine is an off-brand made for Dick's Sporting Goods. It's shaped
very similar to an Old Town Osprey 155 - mine's about 14' long, but the
bow seat is installed too far forward so it doesn't work well as a solo
seat.

The main problem isn't putting too many people in it, but that I want to
use it solo. I've purchased a seat and will be relocating the bow seat
about 10-12 inches more toward the center. I've also drilled the
appropriate water-letter-outter holes as directed by this group.

Who say you can't get good info on roff? ;-)
--
TL,
Tim
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj/

"Tim J." wrote in message
...
Steve D. wrote:
Tim,
In browsing over my Usenet groups...I'm skimming over this one...your
canoe is a Solo Plus? or have I missed it somewhere...

No, mine is an off-brand made for Dick's Sporting Goods. It's shaped very
similar to an Old Town Osprey 155 - mine's about 14' long, but the bow
seat is installed too far forward so it doesn't work well as a solo seat.

The main problem isn't putting too many people in it, but that I want to
use it solo. I've purchased a seat and will be relocating the bow seat
about 10-12 inches more toward the center. I've also drilled the
appropriate water-letter-outter holes as directed by this group.

Who say you can't get good info on roff? ;-)

Um........holes?........plural?

You NEED a water-letter-outer-hole......that's obvious. So, if you drill
another hole......guess what happens?

Uh huh.

Make sure you have an odd number!

Wolfgang
ya gotta explain EVERYTHING to some people.

Wolfgang wrote:
"Tim J." wrote in message
...
Steve D. wrote:
Tim,
In browsing over my Usenet groups...I'm skimming over this
one...your canoe is a Solo Plus? or have I missed it somewhere...

No, mine is an off-brand made for Dick's Sporting Goods. It's shaped
very similar to an Old Town Osprey 155 - mine's about 14' long, but
the bow seat is installed too far forward so it doesn't work well as
a solo seat. The main problem isn't putting too many people in it,
but that I
want to use it solo. I've purchased a seat and will be relocating
the bow seat about 10-12 inches more toward the center. I've also
drilled the appropriate water-letter-outter holes as directed by
this group. Who say you can't get good info on roff? ;-)

Um........holes?........plural?

You NEED a water-letter-outer-hole......that's obvious. So, if you
drill another hole......guess what happens?

Uh huh.

Make sure you have an odd number!

Good thing you told me now. I had twenty-six, but twenty-seven shouldn't
be a problem.
--
TL,
Tim
---------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj/

In article ,
lid says...
No, mine is an off-brand made for Dick's Sporting Goods. It's shaped
very similar to an Old Town Osprey 155 - mine's about 14' long, but the
bow seat is installed too far forward so it doesn't work well as a solo
seat.

The main problem isn't putting too many people in it, but that I want to
use it solo. I've purchased a seat and will be relocating the bow seat
about 10-12 inches more toward the center. I've also drilled the
appropriate water-letter-outter holes as directed by this group.


Dude, if you had a rod that wasn't quite perfect for some situation,
would you try to modify it, or would you go buy 3 new rods? Now, go
out to the garage and practise saying "Dear, we need to get a solo
canoe," until you can say it with a straight face.


Who say you can't get good info on roff? ;-)


You just gotta learn to apply it,

Kevin


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reply to:
kevin dot vang at minotstateu dot edu

"No, mine is an off-brand made for Dick's Sporting Goods. It's shaped
very similar to an Old Town Osprey 155 - mine's about 14' long, but the

bow seat is installed too far forward so it doesn't work well as a solo

seat. "

Umm, are you sure you aren't already paddling it backwards?

--riverman

riverman wrote:
"No, mine is an off-brand made for Dick's Sporting Goods. It's shaped
very similar to an Old Town Osprey 155 - mine's about 14' long, but
the

bow seat is installed too far forward so it doesn't work well as a
solo

seat. "

Umm, are you sure you aren't already paddling it backwards?

Myron, I'm not very canoe-part saavy, but *sometimes* I can tell my ass
from a hole in the ground. ;-) I guess once I pull it out to work on
it I'll have to provide the before and after shots to prove it. I'M
TELLIN' YA, the bow seat is MUCH farther forward than any other canoe
I've seen. I thought so when I bought it, and I know so now that I've
used it.
--
TL,
Tim
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj/