yoke

mikea1128 · Post by **mikea1128** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 12:16 am

Hey guys I've never used a yoke before, just battens. My question is what is a yoke and what is it's purpose?

Post by **jem** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 12:18 am

You install it at the balance point of the canoe, and then perhaps just an inch forward of the point, and you use it to carry your canoe on your shoulder when you need to transport it.

mikea1128 · Post by **mikea1128** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 12:42 am

awesome

Kayak Jack · Post by **Kayak Jack** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 1:04 am

After you carry it a ways, much of the "awesome" part goes a way. Ache and pain begin to replace it. Padding helps; it delays the pain factor for probably another 40 to 50 feet.

Mullet_Key · Post by **Mullet_Key** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 9:49 am

I installed a yoke in my Swamp Girl to pull double duty as a thwart to span the width of the canoe at the center to help keep the sides of the boat flexing from the "oil can" effect.

JEM Watercraft

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Yoke at as a Thwart