You can purchase a "Kayak Club" which is a steel telescoping device that clamps into the cockpit and locks witha pad lock. The clamps are padded so there's no scuffing of the coaming. cya -----Original Message----- From: owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net [mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net]On Behalf Of Gabriel L Romeu Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 12:24 AM To: Fred T, CA Kayaker Cc: mike hilt; PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] locking a kayak to a roof rack See Drawing Just pondering on the problem, and this is what I came up with. two pipes, as in gas pipes, of diameters which allow one to slide in the other. size them that they each just fit in the cockpit opening with one nestled inside the other. extend them (slide out the inner pipe) in the cockpit from bulkhead to bulkhead and drill a hole passing through both. thread your difficult-to-cut SS braided cable (or padlock hooked with swaged cable) through the hole and anchor the cable to a particularly secure place on you vehicle. index it so it is easy to locate the inner hole. pad the ends of the pipe to cause no damage to the kayak (rubber balls on the ends perhaps). It would be easy to derive a cross shape that spans bulkhead to bulkhead and beam to beam. Just an idea. -- : : 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 - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
In a message dated Tue, 9 May 2000 12:15:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Bob Denton <BDenton_at_aquagulf.com> writes: << You can purchase a "Kayak Club" which is a steel telescoping device that clamps into the cockpit and locks witha pad lock. The clamps are padded so there's no scuffing of the coaming.>> Any idea where to get such a thing? I've seen others mention this but I don't recall seeing it. Joan Spinner *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
On Mon, 8 May 2000 12:34:32 -0400 , you wrote: >You can purchase a "Kayak Club" which is a steel telescoping device that >clamps into the cockpit and locks witha pad lock. The clamps are padded so >there's no scuffing of the coaming. Anyone have a reference/supplier for the Kayak Club. The Yak-Bar, which sounds similar, is no longer being manufactured. cheers, Stephen *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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