I have no choice, there will be times I need to solo my spirit II. What do you folks think of the spring creek drop in seat ?
I am the last guy on earth who should be criticizing unattractiveness (lol) but man that Spring Creek drop in seat is fugly! Sorry, don't take it personally, but I'd rather sit on a pack than put that in my boat. The sling seat looks very interesting! Gumpus is on to something there! I wouldn't gram-weenie agonize and refuse the kneeling thwart idea either, I like mine.
Ed's has several seats that would work perfectly as a center seat in your Spirit 2. Just get one that is wider than you need so you can trim it to fit. Contact Ed with any questions, he makes top notch stuff and the customer service is excellent.
https://www.edscanoe.com/canoeseats.html
Here's the link to the northstar accessories page and if you scroll down you'll see clamp on hardware for $35 that you can use to make your yoke removable to give you room for a center seat. A permanent center seat will add structure to the canoe to offset the structure that you give up by removing the permanent yoke.
https://northstarcanoes.com/accessories/yokes-thwarts/
HA! I never thought of removing the yoke ! I only use it for loading, unloading.