Canoe Carrying Yoke

[Scott Rowe]

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• Scott Rowe
• Dec 13, 2018

Pads with interesting old covering. Old upholstery tacks secure material to wood.

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• Scott Rowe
• Dec 13, 2018

bottom side where pads mount

Prompted by a post where someone noted that carrying yokes are often missing on old canoe, I thought I would post these two pics of a old yoke sitting in an antique store in Malone NY. Maybe they are important or maybe not. I seem to recall a $30 price tag on em. (sorry pics aren't too good but maybe someone recognizes them, I don't) Very old upholstery tacks secure fabric (vinyl-ish) to wood. Also, pad are mounted on an angle to the yoke, instead of inline with long axis of canoe.

 

[MGC]

Scott....your images are not accessible.
It's the center thwart that is often missing...they vanish when folks replace them with yokes
I just scanned another Morris related post that describes a missing thwart.
Any old canoe hardware is interesting so hopefully you can re-post your pictures.
Interesting things turn up around Malone...that's truly North Country.

 

[Scott Rowe]

OMG...I can see the images...because they were private! DOH! Fixed it. Sorry.