another outdoor fabric adapted to be in a marine environment in the illustrated examples the sheet 80 is secured to the shafts by wrapping around the shafts or circumscribing them however other methods of securing the sheet to the shafts may be used for example in one embodiment the sheet has thick seams along its fore and aft edges that are secured into tracks in the fore and aft shafts respectively in fig2 and 3 the sheet is secured to the shafts by circumscribing the shafts however the sheet 80 also circumscribes a cushion 95 or pad that surrounds the fore shaft the cushion helps to protect the toddler if they are jostled forward by a wave or other disturbance in the example shown in fig2 and 3 only the fore shaft is cushioned however it should be appreciated that cushioning both the fore and aft shafts is within the scope of the invention in yet another embodiment neither of the shafts is cushioned fig4 a and 5 show isolated views of the toddler seat 45 with an aft shaft 55 and a cushion 95 around a fore shaft 50 in fig4 a the leg holes of the first set of leg holes 85 are separated from each other by a first distance 100 while the second set of leg holes 90 are separated from each other by a second distance 105 in the illustrated example the first distance 100 is equal to the second distance 105 however in alternate embodiments the first distance 100 will be smaller or larger than the second distance 105 for example the second set of leg holes 90 may be adapted for use by a child older than the one using the first set of leg holes to accommodate the older and larger child.