The main purpose of the bow and stern lines while cartopping is to help keep your boat from twisting. Looking at the carrying handles on my boat, I see they are held in place by little wood screws -- #10 I think -- in 4 mm plywood. Don't bet your life on the strength of that! Many boats are equally lightweight. Do not expect the carrying handles (of most boats) to hold the boat if the straps fail. Put your effort into properly tightening your straps over the boat fore and aft of the cockpit. Check your towers if you are using an aftermarket rack like Yakima. It is way too easy too leave them loose. Having seen my bicycle leap off the top of my buddy's Porsche some years ago, I can tell you that a loose Yakima tower is a real hazard. I don't bother with bow and stern lines at all unless I'm going on the freeway. jerry. At 09:30 AM 07/18/2000 -0400, Steve Cramer wrote: >On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, Sailboat Restorations, Inc. wrote: > >> Any comments? How many people >> really use bow and stern lines? > >I do, although I will on occasion leave them off when I'm driving a WW >boat < 5 miles in town. You want them just tight enough not to flap. Don't >crank them down tight. > >Steve Cramer > > >*************************************************************************** >PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not >to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission >Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net >Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net >Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ >*************************************************************************** > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jul 18 2000 - 08:34:35 PDT
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