At 08:35 AM 4/19/99 -0700, Dave Kruger wrote: >Whattaya say, Paddlewisers? What keeps that blamed canoe up there? Hi Dave et al! M'lady and I routinely tote two 16.5ft solo boats on a wee little Subaru 4X4 wagon. We had problems once with the boats sliding forward while descending a shortcut (read "jeep trail") from a local reservoir. A thoughtful inspection revealed that due to the way the boats were situated on the rack and tied, both front and back lines were exerting a forwardly force on the canoes. I don't believe we actually could have lost the boats this way, but 'twas a mite disconcerting nevertheless. Now we tie the rear lines to one of the thwarts instead of the grab handle, thus assuring that the rear lines pull backwards and the front lines pull forward (and that the rear wiper won't wipe, incidentally). We also use four lines for each boat, one to each corner of the subie. Sure, it's a bit overkill, but the boats don't move at all now, and they've endured some real serious cross-winds while traveling. BTW, had a Barrecrafters (sp?) ski rack come undone whilst cruisin' down the interstate once, ripped the chrome trim right off of the roof gutter on one side of the old DOG (second D and final E both long gone ;->). Fortuitously the only damages were a couple of additional scratches to the boards, and a benter (that a word d'ya suppose?) ski pole. (Trim?!? we don' need no stinkin' trim!) Don't think I'd want to try that again, tho, 'specially with a fine brace o' canoes riding on top . . . use them bow -n- stern lines folks. ByeBye! S. *************************************************************************** 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 - 15:03:53 PDT
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