The front and rear tie downs are great insurance and we all have our own "best" method, but I carry it one step further. The tie downs help keep everything from flying off at 70 mph, but what stops the 60# missle from launching FORWARD when hard braking or heaven forbid an accident? The rear tiedown is usually attached from the grabloop to vehicle frame, but this makes for a lot of forward movement avaliable if vehicle stops abruptly. I add one more tiedown, a strap or rope (loop) around the cockpit and back under the hull (like a figure 8) and tied off to frame or bumper. This rope lies along roof and trunk or hatch (on van) and will add some extra security form forward movement. Larry *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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