Andree Hurley wrote: > I think they are very important, esp. when driving in winds or long > distances where either vibration or an unexpected gust can slowly loosen > or shift the boats. Here in Washington we have areas with signs stating > "gusts" ahead - due to some land mass feature creating a venturi affect - > and if your boat isn't tied bow and stern it could be in trouble. Not to > mention other cars on the road if it happened to fall off. I actually have > hear a lot of stories from commercial outfitters to private boaters about > their flying boat experiences.... > Don't forget rain here, too. When the straps provided by most rack companies get wet they stretch. Last week I drove less than a quarter of a mile in a heavy rain and the straps loosened to the point where one of the kayaks on my roof rotated about 15 degrees. Neither of them moved forward or back, but it was an unnerving experience to see the straps that you knew were tight five minutes before get that loose. Mike -- Paddling along through fog so thick that only one's thoughts are visible, your reverie is abruptly shattered by the ancient cry of a great blue heron as she lifts uncertainly from the brilliant blue of a mussel-shell beach witnessed only by the brooding, wet spruce....your passage home seems as much back through time as it does through space. Mark H Hunt *************************************************************************** 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 - 09:40:14 PDT
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