On Mon, 04 Sep 2000 16:31:41 -0400, Gabriel L Romeu wrote: >This is a good one John, might be a good idea to revive the security >measures we all discussed earlier for retaining our boats on top of >cars and on racks. I had an idea I may try for that as well. >Thanks a lot. > >John Waddington wrote: >> >> A really small, but useful, outfitting thing that I did on my last >> boat is that I epoxied and fiberglassed a 1" diameter metal ring >> inside the hull beside and back of the seat. Now when I have the >> kayak on the car and have to leave it in a parking lot for an >> hour, or leave it at a campsite temporarily, I just slip a small >> chain or Kryponite cable through the ring then around the car >> racks (which are locked to the car) or around a tree at a >> campsite. This won't stop someone with bolt cutters, but it will >> stop the casual person who sees the boat and decides to snatch it. >> >> John > I have something similar inside my cockpit, and when I'm on the water, it serves as a place to tie in everything that I carry in the cockpit. Each item I regularly carry in my cockpit has it's own length of bungie attached to it (water bottle, hand pump, first aid drybag, etc.), and when I'm placing them in the boat, I tie them to the ring behind the seat. It only took one good spill in the surf, and a long walk up and down the beach to retrieve all my gear to convince me of the importance of securing each item. Melissa *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Sep 04 2000 - 21:14:13 PDT
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