I'm looking for a drop in canoe seat for a 17' Old Town Penobscot. I currently have the Wenonah drop in seat, which we like quite a bit, but curious if there are other, cheaper options available (my searches say no, but...). Our 3 year old won't appreciate duffing it in the bottom another year and I'm not sure I should spend the money on a second Wenonah drop in seat when we'll likely need to get a larger and/or second canoe fairly soon. A good problem to have, with two young boys who love being on the water. Thanks in advance!

Have you seen this one?

Here is the link

Spring Creek seat/yoke

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Spring Creek seat/yoke "

We have this for Basecamp Kid to be able to sit in since we have a Wenonah Boundary Waters, a 17 footer... works great, and she gets a comfortable seat to sit on v/s sitting on packs.

Bonus - it doubles as a yoke!

I bought two of these for the grand kids...work pretty decent on any canoe .

Canoe seat

shop around...I think I paid about $70 each.

Can't find pictures right off but I have these canvas things with metal hangers that hang on the gunnels. have lines to adjust them... very light and would be more ideal for portages but I like the rigid drop in seats for little kids better


dr bob

Thanks for the recommendations!

I like the idea of that seat/yoke combo, I'll be looking more into it.

Here is another option that works well:

Mohawk Drop in Canoe Seat

I'm looking for one of the plastic Carlisle or Old Towne seats. I figure both grand kids can sit next to each other and are closer up to the side of the canoe to use their paddle.

Get two seats when they don't want to touch each other.

x6gpbob dr bob

They would still be seating in the middle of the seat and not close to the side to paddle

As luck would have it I am picking up a Penobscot 17 with a drop down middle seat tomorrow.

Will get some pictures up for you tomorrow. I think you will like it.