Re: [Paddlewise] warning

dmccarty_at_us.ibm.com wrote:
>
[snip]
> I used to carry my canoe on top of my truck using foam blocks and straps
> running into the cab.  Not the best system but it worked.  I also, as
now,
> attach bow and stern lines.  It takes far more time to run the straps
than
> the bow and stern lines.  I had to do an emergency stop from 65 mph.  The
> stern lines kept the canoe on the truck.  Period. [snip]
>

Mr. Dave K wrote...
|Agreed with the thrust of your well-stated post.  Small error above.  It
|is
|the front line (on bow of canoe) which keeps the canoe from sliding
|forward
|(relative to the decelerating vehicle) during an emergency stop.  Lines
|can
|only exert pulling forces, not pushing forces.

But when you brake your vehicle things move to the front.  When this
happened to me, the bow lines where very loose after braking and the stern
lines where very taut.  I thought the bow lines kept the boat on during
normal driving by keeping the boat from lifting and being pushed back by
the airstream.  Stern lines helped during braking.

'Course bow and stern in this case refer to the front and back of the
truck.  With the canoe who cares which end is which?  8-)  Certainly on the
truck I never cared!  8-)

Later...
Dan McCarty




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