I just purchased a new Swift Cirrus 14.6. Nice boat with one niggle. On Swift the portage yoke bolts into receiving bolts that are set in the gunwales. On one side the receiver will turn as I try to screw the yoke it making it difficult to fully seat it. This is a carbon/Kevlar gunwale system. Any thoughts on how best to fix the bolt in the gunwale so it won’t turn? I was thinking of. Prying it up the smallest amount and injecting some epoxy around the bolt. Other ideas?
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Loose receiving bolt on Swift.
- Thread starter Saxfisch
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I believe Swift has had issues with this and recently changed the design to solve this problem. I would call them directly on Monday to see what they recommend.
Sounds good. I put in an email but a call Monday am may be better.
Here's a swift video that shows the newer female fitting - I guess I may be making an assumption that all new boats are done this way, but if you listen to Bill talk about it, that's what I get out of it. Watch starting at 1:05. swift - new yoke attachment
If you search this site there is a long thread about the fix for this by Black Fly.
