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Portaging a Placid Rapidfire . . . ? (Read 11887 times)

Jim J Solo Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1195 Location: Fort Wayne, IN Joined: Apr 6^th, 2007	Re: Portaging a Placid Rapidfire . . . ? Reply #30 - Feb 5^th, 2018 at 1:53pm	Quote Print Post
	boonie wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2018 at 9:14pm: Yes, I am, maybe an hour. If and when buying becomes an option, I do plan to check out Savage River. It's possible I may go close by there sometime in summer with time to stop. Call ahead, it’s his workshop not a retail shop. But I’m sure he’d be happy to talk about what you want and what he could do for you.


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boonie Inukshuk Offline Posts: 45 Location: WV Joined: Jan 4^th, 2018	Re: Portaging a Placid Rapidfire . . . ? Reply #31 - Feb 5^th, 2018 at 3:45pm	Quote Print Post
	Thanks for the information; it sounds like something it would be better to plan ahead rather than just stopping by . . .


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pine_knot Inukshuk Offline Posts: 908 Location: Springboro, Ohio Joined: Mar 31^st, 2009	Re: Portaging a Placid Rapidfire . . . ? Reply #32 - Feb 7^th, 2018 at 12:40am	Quote Print Post
	Hi, [td]guys, Been offline for awhile. I own a Rapdifire and use a slotted portage yoke I purchased from Spring Creek in Mtn Iron just outside Virginia. I don't see it on their current website, but I got it 2 years ago (actually lost my first one by leaving it on a portage in Temagami about 3 years ago during an arduous 14 hour day....dopey me!!) Anyway, it appears to be the same as the Hidden River yoke from the Boundary Waters Catalog in the link below. It works great on my Rapidfire. I think it was 32 inches in length. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)


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Magicpaddler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1321 Location: Chicago Burbs Joined: Jan 7^th, 2004	Re: Portaging a Placid Rapidfire . . . ? Reply #33 - Feb 7^th, 2018 at 1:14am	Quote Print Post
	PK Are the bottom of your gunnels flat or sloped at about 45°?


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pine_knot Inukshuk Offline Posts: 908 Location: Springboro, Ohio Joined: Mar 31^st, 2009	Re: Portaging a Placid Rapidfire . . . ? Reply #34 - Feb 7^th, 2018 at 3:36am	Quote Print Post
	Well, shoot, MP. Now you're makin' me get up and go into my garage.....my Rapidfire has wood gunnels, the bottom of which seem to be horizontal to the ground...all I can confirm is the slotted yoke works well, unless you leave it an the put-in on your last portage about 20 miles of paddling to the south of your car...


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Magicpaddler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1321 Location: Chicago Burbs Joined: Jan 7^th, 2004	Re: Portaging a Placid Rapidfire . . . ? Reply #35 - Feb 7^th, 2018 at 6:04pm	Quote Print Post
	PK That tells me enough. Most of the gunnels now oar a carbon fiber layup and standard portage yokes can’t get a grip on the bottom of them.


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Magicpaddler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1321 Location: Chicago Burbs Joined: Jan 7^th, 2004	Re: Portaging a Placid Rapidfire . . . ? Reply #36 - Feb 27^th, 2018 at 6:49pm	Quote Print Post
	I built a new yoke. Pictures at (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)


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portage dog Inukshuk Offline Posts: 533 Location: Virginia Joined: Oct 26^th, 2010	Re: Portaging a Placid Rapidfire . . . ? Reply #37 - Feb 27^th, 2018 at 10:08pm	Quote Print Post
	Sweet engineering MP. pd


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Magicpaddler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1321 Location: Chicago Burbs Joined: Jan 7^th, 2004	Re: Portaging a Placid Rapidfire . . . ? Reply #38 - Feb 27^th, 2018 at 11:03pm	Quote Print Post
	Glad you like it. The cam handles work pretty good. Not much force on the handle and locks the yoke in place fairly tight.


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Magicpaddler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1321 Location: Chicago Burbs Joined: Jan 7^th, 2004	Re: Portaging a Placid Rapidfire . . . ? Reply #39 - Mar 30^th, 2018 at 10:16pm	Quote Print Post
	At Copia I was looking at Swift boats and they have the same gunnel as my Rapidfire. They sell a portage yoke they say works fine. It looks like the standard yoke with the knob to tighten the clamp. Where the bolt passes through the yoke it is a hole and not a slot. So the clamp cant slip off the gunnel. They say call them they will tell you how to measure your canoe and they will make one for you.


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