At 08:23 PM 4/21/98 -0700, you wrote: >It's good to remember that if you tie your boat to your racks, that's >only as good as how well your racks are attached to your car. I like to >put a bow line on for highway trips as cheap insurance. >*************************************************************************** > Dear List, I always use bow and stern lines tied directly to my vehicle and would encourage everyone to do the same. Just a word of caution, though. I have two older boats, polyethylene, with bow and stern grab loops which is where I tie the bow and stern to the vehicle. These grab loops are held by a plastic clamp block screwed into the boat. Since I have had occasion to remove these screws, I am now aware that the screw threads in the boat appear to be merely nuts that were inserted (probably hot) into the deck. What I'm trying to illustrate is that some grab loop attachments are not all that strongly attached to the boat and, even though you are tying these, say to your bumper, you may not be securing the boat as well as you think. Still, this is still better than not tying the bow and stern at all. The bottom line is..... Secure the boat well, both in the saddles and at the bow and stern attachments. I hope this doesn't sound too preachy, it's just that, well, maybe I may be driving behind you some day. Bill Leonhardt *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Apr 22 1998 - 07:38:16 PDT
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