Dave Kruger wrote: > > So, with the bow line running forward of the nose of the canoe, and the > stern line running forward of the stern, seems to me NEITHER can supply the > force which keeps the canoe from sliding forward (except to the extent they > contribute to frictional forces between rack and canoe). > > Whattaya say, Paddlewisers? What keeps that blamed canoe up there? > > -- > Dave Kruger > Astoria, OR > ********* When I had a fullsized pickup I always put a line from the carrying yoke to the rear bumper for that. I realised early on that all the ropes were pulling forward, so I added a rope. Now that I amd driving a Jeep Wrangler the point is moot, EVERYTHING is longer than a Wrangler! Mike -- Paddling along through fog so thick that only one's thoughts are visible, your reverie is abruptly shattered by the ancient cry of a great blue heron as she lifts uncertainly from the brilliant blue of a mussel-shell beach witnessed only by the brooding, wet spruce....your passage home seems as much back through time as it does through space. Mark H Hunt *************************************************************************** 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 - 18:37:10 PDT
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