Okay guys 'n' gals - my ignorance has been on display again. What I called "prussik line" is the braided nylon-dacron line which rock climbers use. Obviously I got the name wrong - and that means I don't know *what* to call the climbers' line. Anyway, I use "rope" (how's that?) of about 5/8" diameter to secure the kayks to the Yakima roof rack. I've also made 3 inch wide cradles for the bow and the stern, and the cradles are fixed to the crossbar of the rack. One "rope" goes around the kayak in front of the coaming, and the other goes around the boat behind the coaming. The "ropes" rea teid with a variation of a truckers' hitch and a couple of half hitches. Anyway, bow lines only for longer trips. Yeah, I do remember all of the excellent advice we got about both bow and stern lines the last time this thread ran. Bill Hansen Ithaca NY *************************************************************************** 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 - 17:47:51 PDT
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