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Options for Royalex Recreational Racers: Trim options Seat options Color options
Seat Options for the Royalex 17' Sundowner
1.) Plate-hung web seats - The standard configuration for tandem Royalex canoes is wood-framed, web seats that are hung from the gunwales using black aluminum plates. Web seats are comfortable and durable. The wood frames are dipped in multiple coats of exterior varnish for excellent protection against weathering. We typically mount seats low in the hull for greater comfort and stability while sitting, but if you prefer to kneel, we can raise the seats slightly to give more clearance below for your legs. 2.) Plate-hung cane seats - Wood-framed cane seats can be substituted at no cost. Cane seats are not as durable as web, but they are comfortable and have the classic appearance that many people prefer.
3) Riveted-sliding bow seat - Optional for Royalex tandem canoes 17' or longer. A web or cane seat is mounted in the bow using a slide assembly riveted to the sides of the hull. The purpose of a sliding seat is to "trim" a canoe, meaning to balance the weight fore and aft. Having a canoe trimmed well is crucial to straight tracking and good performance. You can adjust the trim by rearranging gear (if any) in the hull, but it's easier to use sliding seats for this purpose. Because sliding seats can only serve their purpose if you sit in them (rather than kneeling), we mount sliding seats low in the hull.
4.) Dowel-hung web seats - This is our standard seat and mounting method for Royalex canoes that have the optional wood-gunwales. A fixed (non-sliding) web seat is suspened from the gunwales using wood dowels. A cane seat may be substituted for web at no cost. If the boat is ordered with an optional sliding seat, the sliding seat frame will be riveted to the hull. Plate hung seats are not available on Royalex canoes with wood gunwales.
5.) Center-seat - If you order an optional added center seat in a tandem canoe, a web seat is standard but you can substitute cane. The seat mounting methods available vary depending on the gunwales. If the canoe has vinyl gunwales, the seat will be a fixed, non-adjustable seat suspended from the gunwales with wood dowels. If the canoe has aluminum gunwales there are two mounting methods available, non-adjustable or height/angle adjustable. The non-adjustable seat is hung from the gunwales with aluminum plates. Our new height/angle adjustable seat is also hung from the gunwales with aluminum plates but can be used at two height settings and positioned level for sitting, or angled for kneeling. A center seat in a tandem hull can't be a bucket seat, nor a sliding seat, and it will be mounted high to help you reach the water and paddle well from the center of a tandem canoe. A center seat in a tandem canoe prevents using a fixed yoke -- to use a yoke, it must be removable and give clearance for the seat above your head when the canoe is resting on your shoulders.
Options for Royalex Recreational Racers: Trim options Seat options Color options