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Howdy folks! Well my search was rewarding. I had some 3/4" square aluminum balusters for a railing salvaged from a job a few years back. Some nice oak slats from the kids bunk beds, and a couple of leftover cedar fence boards out of the wood bin. I found a pair of coolers in the clearance bin...

I am very happy with the kayak style seat cushion and the way the little pack canoe handles now. Especially since I installed a forward thwart made from the aluminum ergonomic handle snow shovel I broke last winter. It gives my feet purchase to the boat and power to the paddle. But it's a poor...

Great idea Sir! I'm not coming up with an easier way without seeing your inventory of odds and ends. You could put the "stay strap" on the top side . Using 2 straps you could make a sling for the chair to sit down on. At the right size the top of your pedestal legs will cradle the sides of the...

I must admit this was a good little codge, the seat works nicely with the characteristics of the boat. Its stable and comfortable and with a double blade I move the canoe just like a kayak. Typically tho, a good vertical stroke gets you wet, lol. Best of all, I laid out 0$ managing to repurpose...

It folds over the thwart so that the pockets drape down the back. A small bungee underneath secures the seat to the boat

Sits perfectly. Stable and dang comfortable! Down on the bottom but out of the bilge water ;)

Tied the air cushion to the bleacher seat. Both had d-rings and loops to run the cord through.

I tied a chunk of that same floor mat I used on the spray skirt noses to the underside of the air cushion. giving a little protection from punctures and abrasion to the bladder and a little more well distributed weight

The design is supposed to support in any position and drain so that you sit dry all the time.

Lol, you know being designated as "medical equipment " it's definitely expensive, its definitely comfy and conforms to the bottom of the boat perfectly.

The little boat definitely prefers my butt on the bottom and 2 blade propulsion for sure. I toyed with different ideas using the noodles and / or the foam tile but nothing impressed me. Got to thinking about what else I had on hand to play with. Remembered the bleacherseat pad I use to take to...

It provides a very comfortable position but not a very stable one. Looking like I'm doomed to be sitting on the floor with double blade in my hands. Well I guess I'll have to figure out a lower seating position

The little boat didn't like my raised C.O.G. kneeling position. :( I could literally pull the gunell underwater with a decent stroke. Perched on the rear high position i didn't want to try anything more than a brace lol.

I decided to add a raised seat behind the thwart with the saddle out in front of it. Basically wedging the saddle under the thwart holding it in position and giving me the option of a different paddling position. Kneeling in the boat I measured a good height to make my bent legs happy and a...

Seating: The little pac canoe I have is designed so that you sit on the bottom of the boat without a proper seat. This would've been fine back in the day when comfort wasn't so high on the priority list, nowadays without "comfort", muscles cramp, bones ache, joints lockup and immobility sets in...

Awesome Codgin' Mike! Love that Reflectix stuff ;)

I like your idea Glen, valid point that. Lol and your correct, in my case it would likely be a low hanging branch prying open the lid and forcing the cooler under. There is the buoyant force of the foam in the cooler of course, I've considered a capsize or swamp, the coolers are fairly quick to...

My Akua is always on the PFD, And a leatherman is always on my belt.

Finish the wide end of the skirts with the pipe insulation. Cut a piece to fit gunell to gunell, using the self adhesive on the foam, fit to edge of sheet and press in place. Forming a drip dam that will drain of the gunells

I cut my sheets to match the end of the factory decks. Then trimmed up a corner of the old floormat in a triangle shape that will sit on the deck and seamed to the front edge of the sheet with a simple lashing. The heavier rubber mat lays flat on the deck taking the brunt of any splashing. The...