> But Woody brought me out this time. :-) I have that *gift* 8^) > I've seen plastic boats (I know you have a > gorgeous, stiff woody, Woody) bend significantly under the wind pressure <blush> Maybe I should keep it in a fleece wrapper? > Or the front of the boat lifts, torqueing the rear rack until it > (or the rear strap) fails, leaving the boat doing enders down > the road behind you. Yup, that's happened too. Just a thought: Does anyone know someone or someplace on the web that might have studied cartop load failures? I would be real curious as to why most cartopped loads fly off. Rain gutter failure? Strap failure? Forgetting to tie it down? It seems I remember reading a statement on one of the commercial rack vendors web sites about the most common cause of failure, but I can't seem to find it now. Looks like most say to use bow/stern tie downs for canoes/kayaks. > Redundancy rules. I agree! *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Apr 20 1999 - 14:09:18 PDT
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