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					Originally Posted by fernando
					
				 
				...both tholepins and gun yokes are usually secured on the gunwales by means of a spike/rod introduced in a hole and not by (short) screw thread ends. 
			
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 I was guessing that this Yoke screwed into another rod or post of some type, not directly into the gunwale.