[Paddlewise] locking a kayak to a roof rack

Mike Hilt asked: <duckman_at_peak.org>
>>>How does one securely lock a kayak to a roof rack. Running a cable
through
elastic deck straps just won't cut it. I have just started building a
Pygmy
and I will build something into it to attach to if I need to. Thanks in
advance for your answers.>>>

I've taken the stock seat out of my fiberglass kayak, so have no secure
point for a cable lock attachment. I finally went and got the Boulter Of
Earth "SureLock" It has two loop ends which slide over the bow and
stern, then pulls tight to sort of lasso each end together, with the
excess end wrapped around my locking roof racks (locked via a padlock or
the attached window lock). I also can use the lock for securing the
kayak to a tree in the bush while I hitch hike back to the put-in and my
vehicle. The SureLock also works in conjunction with bike carriers, etc.
A very nice system, indeed,  for any gearhead.

I should add no one would probably want to steal my Nordkapp, as it
weighs so much, is far too complex a maze of nylon straps and fixtures
to figure out how to use, and altogether to distinctive to be of
interest to thieves - but just in case...

BC' in Ya
Doug Lloyd

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