It's time to make my hardware list and order or buy what I need to hang my seats, thwart, yoke, and carrying thwarts but I haven't got a clue as to what I need.

Geez, I'm helpless. What would I do without you folks? I don't want to think about it.

I guess I'll use stainless. Do I want carriage bolts or a different type of bolt? I'm not going to do anything fancy like hide the hardware under a wood plug. I saw somewhere that you can use finish washers but I assume you don't use those with carriage bolts, just a regular machine screw?

I know I need a nut on the very bottom. Woohoo! Smart, huh? Should I get a locking nut so there's less danger of it working loose over time? And I assume you want some kind of washer both on the top and the bottom. Do you also put a washer between the gunnel and the thwart or is that just asking water to get in there rather than preventing it. Help!!!!!!!

From cruising around the net, it looks like maybe 3/16" x 2" bolts for the thwarts and yoke and 3/16" x 4 or 6" for the seats? I'm going to try to make my own seat hangers out of ash.