I have a kneeling thwart in my 15' wood/canvas that is mounted just aft of center, but close enough to center to require a removable yoke. I hate removable yokes, but there you go.

Anyway, I was down at Northwest Canoe Company in St Paul yesterday and Dennis was showing me how he was going to construct the removable yoke for my canoe with a screw down brass clamp on top and an L shaped mahogany block on bottom to grip the gunwale. He drills a small slot in the yoke to allow the mechanism to travel back far enough to remove the yoke. It occurred to me that if the slot is a bit longer it would allow me to loosen the locking mechanism and slide it forward on the gunwales so I don't have to remove it. It won't be in the way of a pack, because it will be able to slide all the way forward to right behind the bow seat. This way I won't have to have the removable yoke rattling around in the bottom of the canoe, and working with it before and after a portage will be simpler and quicker. I'm sure people have done this before, but it was a new idea to me so thought I would share.

Northwest Canoe Company is a great shop. If you're in the Twin Cities area you should drop by.

spring creek clamps

it takes me 15 seconds to install, 6 seconds to remove. i have timed those.

I built one for my solo canoe using CVCA pads. It uses some aluminum clamps that a friend made for me and bolts and knobs from Rockler. I tried the shoulder pad carrier from Bell but it didn't work real well. The foam split at the place where the pad fit onto the gunwale. I had to duct tape it together in the BWCA last year...

BTW +1 on Northwest Canoe!

Mine is like kanoes,
I like it cause with the high pads, you can see where you are going, and the canoe don't dig into your shoulders.
Easy On, and Easy Off.
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JB

quote kanoes: " spring creek clamps

it takes me 15 seconds to install, 6 seconds to remove. i have timed those."

It's not so much the time it would take to remove and put on the yoke. It's mostly having it rolling around in the bottom of the canoe. I think I will much prefer being able to just slide it up, hop in, reverse. I also find I much prefer the CV pads to the foam.

yolk

quote shsylvester: "

quote kanoes: " spring creek clamps


it takes me 15 seconds to install, 6 seconds to remove. i have timed those."

It's not so much the time it would take to remove and put on the yoke. It's mostly having it rolling around in the bottom of the canoe. I think I will much prefer being able to just slide it up, hop in, reverse. I also find I much prefer the CV pads to the foam."

it doesnt roll around in the bottom of the canoe.