I have one of Mohawk's webbing yokes and use it a lot.  I have it mounted on a royalex Wenona Rendezvous which generally weighs about 60 to 62 lbs  the way I have it rigged.

The yoke is bolted to the gunnels - the female part of the buckle is very short and just there at the gunnel, the male part, with all of the webbing rolls up and secures with a Velcro strap so it is out of the way.  just unroll the strap, clip the buckle and go.

pros:  it is easy to use, always there, and even with my heavy boat is comfortable enough

cons: - my boat flexes between the gunnels quite a bit when carrying it, in large part due to the metal seat hangers, so there is always a little push down on the shoulders as each foot hits the ground.  I doubt that that would be an issue with the lighter and much stiffer rapidfire.    see link

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