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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I don’t think any of the strap portage yokes will be a satisfactory solution because they put your head too far up inside the canoe.  I would prefer that the canoe was held higher than my yoke holds it.  Check the picture on the previous page.

Looks good, but will it work on a Placid RapidFire specifically? I'm fine with the usual clamp-on yoke for a Magic's, Northwind solos, etc., but am under the impression you can't attach one to a RapidFire.

Macgyver approves of this DIY set-up. 

Us Rapidfire owners are a little reluctant to drill holes in our precious art work.  If you had a Mona Lisa would you drill holes in it to mount it. Ok maybe that was a little overboard but you get the idea.
The Rapid fire gunnel is carbon fiber tube probably with a Styrofoam core. Not much meet to anchor a screw into.  The underside of the gunnel on the inside of the canoe slopes (approximately 45° ) to the side of the canoe.  This is what prevents a conventional clamp on yoke from working.  Some place on the internet I saw a picture of where a piece of wood was cut to match this slope and was glued to the bottom side of the gunnel. I think he used a conventional clamp on yoke but Solus’s setup would also work.  The 2 pieces of wood would be triangular in shape approximately 1 inch by 1 inch and 6 to 8 inches long.
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