Ray Klebba's White Salmon BoatWorks
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The Forever Canoe Seat and Backrest
Backrest
If you like fishing out of a canoe or rowboat, or you're planning a long expedition or maybe you just want a lazy afternoon paddle - this is the backrest for you. This backrest really works! Like all Forever canoe seats they are "guaranteed" for the life of the seat.
The best feature of the Forever Canoe Sea Backrest is that it's adjustable. It has two positions for a comfortable fit, 80 degrees and 70 degrees. This seat is comfortable for long periods of seating - no backaches here. What's really handy about this seat is that you can portage your canoe without hand-carrying the seat. The Forever Canoe Seat Backrest is easy to install - simply bolt it to your existing seat with four stainless steel bolts that are provided. The materials used in the Forever Canoe Seat are the same as in the construction of the Forever Canoe Seat Backrest.
Height of backrest from the seat is 16". Backrest webbing size is 11 inches square - folded seat is 4 inches deep
view of backrest when folded
Canoe Seat
Finally!! A Canoe Seat that is built to last forever - well almost forever. The Forever seat is constructed with the finest white ash hardwood available. There are eight ¼" x 3" hardwood dowel pins in each Forever Seat joint. The lacing is 1/4" nylon tubing. The tubing ends are epoxyed bottom of the seat so there are no cumbersome knots. Finally, three coats of Z-Par Varnish for the golden brown color.
view of seat underside
Gorilla glue is use to hold the frame together. I use 3/8" nylon webbing for the seat lacing. This is the same webbing that was originally used for lacing in wooden snowshoes - extremely abrasion proof. I place five-minute epoxy in the lacing hole so there are no knots showing. Then I apply three coats of Z-spar Captains varnish.
Seat Risers
The Forever seats are very comfortably for long periods of seating - no waffle butt here. The Forever seat are 31" x 11" with seat-print 8" x 11". Larger seat sizes are available for an extra five dollars. Remember The Forever Canoe Seat is guaranteed it for life. Custom woods are also available for a modest charge.