<Snip of Old stuff> Dan, I believe the text of mine you have quoted on Paddlewise was part of a private email to you. In this case, I do not mind, but here is a small reminder: please keep private exchanges between just the two corresponders. Thanks. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sorry, I did not catch that it was from the list. Just saw the name. RERe: which line holds the canoe onto the rack in an E-stop: while I was driving down the road yesterday day, I realized the bow line will do that ONLY if the bow of the canoe extends *forward* of the front bumper! For my boats, the bows are well to the rear of the front bumper -- oops! So, I'm dead **wrong** about that bow line! RERe: can the stern line hold the canoe from sliding off the front in an E-stop: only if the stern of the canoe is FORWARD of the rear bumper. On my vehicles, the stern parts of canoes and kayaks extend way beyond the rear bumper, so stern lines can not do that. (Maybe on your (Dan's) vehicle that is not the case, so that your stern line does keep the canoe from sliding forward.) LOL! Right, my boats dont' fit over the ends of my truck. A 17 foot long sea kayak just looks right on top of a full size extended cab pick'm up truck! 8-) My old truck that did the sudden braking was not as large but the canoe fit so that the "stern" lines held the boat on during braking. So what I said was correct for boat that fit within the bumper of the vehicle and you are correct when the stern/bow are over the bumber of the vehicle! LOL! Kinda funny.... Never thought of it that way before. Our Cherokee is in the situation you describe. Hmmmmmmm..... May need to come up with a better way to tie down the front of the yaks..... Later... Dan McCarty *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Apr 19 1999 - 08:51:11 PDT
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