: Great idea. I have been thinking about making an adjustable seat that could
: move plus or minus 2 inches while enroute. Has anyone come up with a
: simple seat adjustment. My current seat Velcros in and I can't move it
: when on the water.

Hey Dave,

I've been kickin' that idea around for a while also. I'm using a piece of 1/4" plywood for the seat bottom with a pedestal(also made of 1/4" ply) filleted and glassed to it. The Ply for the bottom is bent to conform to the shape of the hull. The seat, as well as the Schade style footrest slides on a rail - made of 1/4" ply which is epoxied to the bottom of my Guillemot "L". Everything is attached to the rail with 1/4" teenuts and knobs. The only problem I see at the moment (other than the fact that my lower back is giving me so much grief that I haven't done much lately) is that the foot brace will "creep" forward on you if you put too much pressure against them - maybe some locator pins in the foot rest assembly. Under normal paddling they work fine.

The seat is adjustable for and aft and the backrest can be adjusted from ~1 1/2" above the lip to as low as just below the rear deck. With the backrest lowered all the way, the seat can be slid rearward till the backrest is under the rear deck and I can lean back against the coaming. The seat and footrest are easily removed from the boat for cleaning.

My wife and I did get out on the Santa Fe River last weekend for a while to try it out. But, I don't have the seat bottom or back padded yet so its not too comfy and the NBS set in PDQ!

Anyway, here's a pic of what I'm working on. Maybe you can come up with a better mouse trap. I've just posted some more pics of what I'm doing with this idea on my site. Click on the link and them select the "Misc. Yakin' Pics" album.

Happy Building.

Charles.