Solo slider seat - locking system

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Michel vd Hoven
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Solo slider seat - locking system

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Hi all,

Last weekend I test paddled my new Woodstrip Osprey Solo canoe which is finally finished after more than a year of building. I'll try to post some pictures soon.

I installed a slider seat supported on top of a wooden slider bar and with 4 small stainless steel brackets to ensure seat is properly "guided" and doesn't fall down easily. So far I didn't think of a locking system.

During paddling I noticed my own weight+ friction wasn't enoug to keep the seat on its place... it slides easily backward when paddling. I need some kind of locking system to secure the seats in a fixed position.

Does anyone has used a "locking system" succesfully and how does it looks? Any ideas / pictures?

Michel, The Netherlands
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Doug
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Post by Doug »

Hi Michel, I remember seeing a few years ago, a knotched seat system, you could move / slide the seat in one inch increments.
-I could not find the web site

Doug


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