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 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
We routinely carry two kayaks on top of our car. Each boat has its own bow line and stern line which run under the car bumpers and are attached to the frame of the car. On Wed, 1 Sep 1999 21:03:51 -0500 "Arthur Hebert" <seacajun_at_gs.net> writes: > 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 > > > > > > ************************************************************************* ** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ > ************************************************************************* ** ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I use individual bow & stern tie downs for up to three kayaks/canoes. The only times I've had more boats than that on top have been for relatively short shuttle runs on basically untrafficed (how's that for a word?) roads. With three bow tie downs there are a lot of lines in the driver's field of view. I feel safer with each boat fastened to the rack and the truck individually......but I'm one of those anal retentive types.<grin> Dave Seng Juneau, Alaska > -----Original Message----- > From: Arthur Hebert [mailto:seacajun_at_gs.net] > Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 6:04 PM > To: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subject: [Paddlewise] Tie Down B/S > > > 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 > > > > > > ************************************************************** > ************* > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ > ************************************************************** > ************* > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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/ ***************************************************************************
At 09:03 PM 9/1/99 -0500, "Arthur Hebert" <seacajun_at_gs.net> 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 >> > Arthur, I carry two sea kayaks on the roof of a Dodge Caravan with the saddles fore/rollers aft combination. I use separate bow and stern tie downs for each boat. Bill > >*************************************************************************** >PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List >Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net >Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net >Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ >*************************************************************************** > *************************************************************************** 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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