: I was going to build a Yost but found the rib bending process fun and easy.
: What do you think about setting up forms with the Yost stations(since I
: already have them) and using them as a guide for the ribs?

You could most definately bend the ribs into a yost formed boat. Of cource you would need to make the frame according to traditional methods. The only benefit of this would be that you realy like the shape of the boat. Traditional yaks require a leap of faith that you are building it correctly. Building a boat with forms first would be eliminating that aspect and asside from that, I don't see the advantage. The biggest problem would be fitting ribs into a mortice while the stringers are not moveable. Canoes don't use morticed gunwalls and that could be why a few people make canoes from a formed guide.
Scott