On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Arthur Hebert wrote: > A question concerning bow and stern tie down to those who car top multiple > kayaks. Do y'all use a single rope threaded through all kayaks which is then > lashed to vehicle from the bow and stern? Is a single rope used on the bow > and stern for each individual kayak which is then lashed to the vehicle? > > > Arthur i usually run one or two lines through all the bow & stern loops. it depends on how many boats, and how far ;-) for any distance, i like to have belts and suspenders ;-) for a short vehicle shuttle, just the "belly bands" otherwise bow and stern lines as well. if the boats [so far max is 5 plastic boats on my subaru] ends are close together, i'll just use on rope, but would reall prefer one rope per boat, but it usually doesn't end up that convenient!! mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com----http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark ---- # mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [_| [_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index to club websites i administer] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Fortune: Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person? ---Francois De La Rochefouauld *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Sep 02 1999 - 05:12:25 PDT
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