From: Bill Leonhardt <leonhardt_at_bnldag.ags.bnl.gov> >At 08:23 PM 4/21/98 -0700, someone previously 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. Having watched a roof rack with the car's cheesy gutters still attached fly off the car, with a sheet of plywood, I agree... > I always use bow and stern lines tied directly to my vehicle and would > encourage everyone to do the same. Could you explain to me why you use lines to the back of the vehicle? I almost always use 2 lines to the front of the car, but don't bother with any lines to the back. A paddling acquaintance doesn't normally tie down his boats UNLESS he's going to exceed 25 mph. It's rather disconcerting to ride with him after just tossing a couple of boats onto the roof rack. Even moving my car around in a parking lot I want at least one tie down strap. kirk *************************************************************************** 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 - 09:17:10 PDT
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