Birder seats

[DaveOnCudjoe]

I'm about to begin the build of a Birder 2. For those who have preceeded me, how well do the seats in the plans work out?She will likely carry a small sail and be involved in the EC. All comments and suggestions are appreciated. Dave

[Charlie Jones]

I find them quite comfortable, but then I only use them a few hours at a time, not for several days. I did have to trim the height a bit, by cutting the bottom of the side pieces. Pretty simple to adjust to whatever works for you though. I also changed the angle of the seat back slightly, by gluing strips to the side pieces- the top edge of the back dug in very slightly.

No big deal-tough to draw something that fits everyone

[DISTELTK]

I have used 2 types of seats for my Birder .

The first required that I had a 3/4 x 3/4 runner approx 16" apart.

These are epoxied to the cockpit doubler.

This I used to mount each seat. The next riser was designed to pinch on the runners.

The 1st seat was a 3" high riser with a folding bleacher seat attached.

This was ok except it was difficult to keep the seat attached to the riser.

I built a seat per B & B plans and it worked ok.

Like above I only use my kayak for sevral hours at a time. I find the hard back a little tiring

after a few hours. My plans are to buy a kayak replacement seat and attach it to base similar to

my original riser with a webbing or padded seat area.

Tom D.

[Garry]

We use the Sport-a-Seat which are very comfortable and work great. Of course, we're lazy kayakers. Lately, we've been using a 30 lb trolling motor. Pure decadence, I know.

Here's a pic of me solo in the Birder 2. http://www.sportaseat.com/