On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Kirk Olsen wrote: >>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. fast stops... what will keep your boat from flying forward in a quick stop?? >>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 i tie my boats with 2 straps around the body, and a bow and stern line most all the time... mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com----http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark----- # mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index to club websites i administer] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Majority, n.: That quality that distinguishes a crime from a law. Positive, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one's voice. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" *************************************************************************** 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 - 10:04:30 PDT
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