Kirk wrote: >I'm not a fan of foam blocks. I spend too much time car topping boats. >I want the rack to stay on the car, and the stuff to stay on the rack, >through whatever minor disasters I encounter. Just think of the imagery >of your nice homebuilt kayak lifting off and seeing it in the rear view >mirror as you cruise down the highway. My first experience hauling my "nice homebuilt kayak" was on foam blocks on my Yakima rack with 2 (count them, two!) 1/4" bungies holding the boat on. I was cruising along about 70-75 mph with a 40 mph crosswind. Well, I looked out the passenger window and there was the bow of my boat, keeping pace with me quite well, thank you! The boat slid over and off the foam block; luckily, the bungie held and no violent wood/asphalt encounter! I now use saddles on my rack with either straps or big fat bungies. Shawn *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Aug 25 1999 - 13:56:02 PDT
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