Dave Kruger wrote: >Whattaya say, Paddlewisers? What keeps that blamed canoe up there? As long as your lines are not sloping in the same direction one of them will be effective at stopping fore or back motion. If they both slope in the same direction like a parallelogram they will be ineffective at stopping a shift that would slacken the lines. Paddlers should strive to make a trapezoid. Matt Broze www.marinerkayaks.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
>! 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 A line tied from the kayaks bow to the front rack should solve your problem but a trapezoid will also help if the rack fails completely and this won't. Matt Broze www.marinerkayaks.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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