Seats

The the thwarts and yokes in place, the next step was to put the webbing on the seats.  This was pretty straight forward.  We bought some webbing from a local reseller Outdoor Innovations.  We measured out where each piece should go, and lightly marked in pencil.

We cut it to length, and used 1/4" stainless staples to hold it in place.  The webbing is 1 1/4".

With the seats made, the next step was to lash a piece on to support it.  We used ash again.  At this point, our lashing method has changed to lashing each intersection independently, rather then running the lashing from intersection to intersection.  It feels like this gives us a better bond.  And if the lashing breaks at one point, it doesn't affect the entire piece.  This is the support that carries all the weight of the seats.  We were  a bit unsure how long to make them, but we figured that spreading the weight over three ribs/stringers should be enough.

Then we sat the seat in place to see how it looked.

We will have to trim the edges of course, but it looks good!