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10/13/2015 01:59PM   (Thread Older Than 3 Years)
Last month I spent two weeks in the BWCA and had a potential problem with my yoke that never materialized. I had stripped out two of four nylon wing nuts that I use to attach it to the gunwales. As a precaution I tried carrying the canoe around camp without the yoke and found if pull the seat all the way forward on my prism and I strap my big bulky sleeping bag to the top of my CCS food pack it rides along quite comfortably. I suspect that some of the weight of the canoe is shifted to your hips through the pack. Surely I’m not the first to discover this. Does anyone travel using this method?

Also, as long as I’m here has anyone tried to repair rubber boots (gortex?). I have a pair of Lacrosse boots with a small tear along a seam.
 
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10/13/2015 02:41PM  
I went pad less on my last tandem trip with a curved yoke, just a little heat wrapping pad, I'm going to try it on my next solo trip, I have a curved yoke I bought last year and didn't like it with the pads, never thought to try it with out the pads, my wife's uncle told me to try it without the pads and it worked great, hoping the solo feels as good.
 
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10/13/2015 02:50PM  
Many probably would do this but once you have something riding that high on the pack, the pack then doesn't fit well in the canoe. Good way of doing it though if you have to.
 
10/13/2015 05:17PM  
quote PortageKeeper: "the pack then doesn't fit well in the canoe"


Not after any confrontation, gear choices are personaly based.
I have never had trouble fitting full framed and internal framed pack in the solos I have owned. Wenonah Moccasin and now an Advantage and have used a CampTrails Torrid2 internal, Peak One framed (old style RamFlex2), even an aluminum framed Camptrails. Currently I use a GG Nimbus Access and GG Nimbus Core both drop right in between the gunnels. All these packs while taller than portage style packs are narrower and largely shallower allowing them to lay below the gunnel. The OP mentioned a CCS food pack and sleeping bag on top, 23 inches plus the diameter of the bag. Sure seems like it would fit fine laying down behind the seat.

Biggest concern I would have is the weight capacity of the pack and suspension, assuming it is loaded with gear adding the weight of a canoe may not be doable.

For the boots, ShoeGoo, worked well sealing and getting extra years out of my old ankle fit Burlys. Clean them well and remove old hardened pieces (if any), not pretty but held well.

butthead
 
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