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One bright side to this is I can make a similar doohickey to tighten the loose anchor on me seat. I took the seat off to tighten the webbing and noticed a loose anchor there too. I guess it’s also just a mechanical connection.

I flip my other canoes with an assist from the clamp on detachable yoke all the time. Never had an issue. Done it with this homemade screw on yoke too, never thought about it. Bouncing on the road is a lot more stress, when I think about it. I really envisioned the anchors being lavishly...

I never would have expected that a yoke is not meant to assist in flipping up the canoe. Nor would I have thought expedition Kevlar is not meant for expeditions. As a matter of public policy, why would paddlecraft ownership be discouraged by taxes and fees? They don’t spew fuel into lakes and...

Any pictures of the gunwales? My detachable yoke from NS is my favorite. If it will work, I’d recommend that one.

The number convention Swift used in 2019 is not compliant to the convention used in many states. Too many numbers, manufactured date not represented correctly in the HIN. Swift has changed now but many older boats must be reissued a plate to register in the states where registration is...

Not Ohio. No natural lakes, overpopulated, streams are sewers and reservoirs are cesspools. Way too many septic systems around every state park.

I’ve got a bunch of old Yakima and some Thule racks that a good man can come by to my Ohio home and pick up for free. • Yakima and Thule goal post hitch racks • Two 78” steel round load bars • Miscellaneous feet including Thule Gutter feet I’ve modernized my carrier again and need to...

My roof rack system needs to be replaced. It’s a 79” round bar Yakima system. Very noisy and there is corrosion and a couple minor cracks in some of the towers. I’m considering a Thule system with a wedge (more squarish) aluminum bar. Anyone used this system and know its durability...

Well, I had ordered 2 inserts and paid double their cost in shipping, so I didn’t completely escape unscathed. Swift recommended I ship the boat back to them so they could “rip out” the inserts and repair the gunnels, replace the inserts. Combined with the difficulty involved with just...

Simple fix to re-expand the wings of the insert. No ripping, tearing, Gflexing. She’s tight as before. Keeping that contraption unmounted ‘less she’s being carried. Top wrench keeps bolt still. Tighten bottom nut wrench 1/4 turn.

Spoke to swift. Ordered a couple replacements. They just rip them out then repair the gunwales. I’m thinking about a deep hole saw or a thin hack saw blade to get under the flange. Not sure drilling them out would work. They might spin, and I’d give up the threads to use for upward pressure.

Can’t it just be drilled out and replaced?

i got this boat 2nd hand. Still learning. It definitely has idiosyncrasies. Had to get Swift to issue a new hull number so I could register it in OH. Dumb requirement to register hand powered craft. Anyways, Swift’s old numbering system won’t comply with many state standards. No i gotta...

That doesn’t look promising. I was hoping it was threaded or just ribbed. I bet it’s epoxied as well as the wings. The gunwales won’t hold my clamp on detachable yoke. This sucks.

I hauled my canoe to Wisconsin with the portage yoke attached, bolted into the threaded insets on the gunwales. Short story is the yoke was loose the insets are loose in the carbon aramid gunwales. Now I need to remove the loose inset anchors and reset them better. Anyone done this? Pic is...

Anyone ever whacked sticks on a rock? For campfires, much wood can be broke down quickly that way. Just pine, however. Worked good out west where rocks stick up all over. One whack and it’s broke, ready to burn. Called it making wood.

Low angle, absolutely! Basic training with edged tools starts young. I carried a hatchet as a youngster, made some mistakes, learned from them. Certain strokes will generate glancing blows. Keeping body parts clear of the strike zone, away from any glances are key. I’d venture to say that...

On a camping trip?

I’m conflicted. Hatchet is hard to beat for driving stakes and splitting small stuff, but the weight puts it in the liability category.

I’ve got some gouges and deep scrapes I’d like to touch up. Would thick Gflex be good on Gelcoat or should I find another product?