: Canoes do not vibrate like motorized machinery, so you don't need to worry
: about the nut vibrating off, and you won't need a lock washer or a self
: locking nut.

Except when they're upside down on a roof rack on a piece of motorized machinery vibrating down the dirt road to the put-in!!

: Have you considered making an adjsutable seat for the bow person? If you
: don't have seats in yet it is a fairly simple process. Instead of hanging
: the bos seat directly from the gunwales you hang two supports, one on each
: side of the boat, and rest the seat on these.

Nice!

Again, another valuable post from PGJ!

Thanks,
Shawn