"Mad Mat,

What I noticed on my royalex solo boat is that it has a tendency to flex when I pick it up, have to be careful to not let the boat get any wider in the process... or the yoke may work itself loose.

The only thing I can think of is to add another thwart behind the seat or place longer thwarts closer to the seat. Or perhaps change how the yoke is mounted so that it also grabs the outside of the gunwhale? "


Brown Trout,

its not really a problem, just thinking it might get to be one for a composite boat.  I don't do long carries with the webbing yoke.  I have a Wenonah seat mounted yoke I use with that boat  (the one for the bench seat) that works ok - but even with the seat mounted yoke, there is a bit of flex at the gunnels, maybe due to the way the metal seat hanger is mounted ? which is not as solidly anchored to the gunnels as a center thwart would be (i.e. the seat is attached to the flexible metal hangers, not directly to the gunnels) - and it squeaks - squeak, squeak, with every step as it flexes.  But I don't normally portage that boat, which is my river tripper.