Ralph Diaz had asked me to make a webpage describing the racks that I had built for my poly kayaks, I am happy to accomodate. Please keep in mind that I did it with materials I had lying around and was attempting to acheive this inexpensivly- they are by no means pretty. My plans are to do a couple of stitch n' glue yaks when my current space restrictions are alleviated. I will use the same methods of storage and rack systems, but the new ones will be crafted as I will be using new materials and have worked out some refinements. I have a rather different idea for a car roof rack which I think will be inexpensive and stable, but this is only in the drawing stage. I have no personal issues with Thules, Yakimas, etc., but the costs of these are a high percentage of the cost of my boats and I prefer to allocate that money to my future boatbuilding endeavors. Please excuse the poor writing, as english is my second language having resided in Philadelphia for the past few years. I am off to Ecuador on Thursday morning for 2 weeks and have gone on digest. I hope all of you get out to some fine paddling and will be looking forward to the equipment and technique arguments(oh, I mean debates) and trip reports. c ya, gabriel -- : : Gabriel L Romeu : http://studiofurniture.com furniture from the workshop : http://members.xoom.com/gabrielR life as a tourist, daily journal : http://users.aol.com/romeugp paintings, photographs, etchings, objects *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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