To revive an old subject of tie downs for car topping. I've recently come up with a new method for tying down my kayaks. Let me explain - I used to use bow and stern tie downs to rings set in the front/side and rear side bumpers respectivly. It was pointed out that this system woudn't stop lateral (forward/back) movement very well, except as a back up system and tying them tight would definatly put some strain on the boat that it wasn't designed for. Here's what I've come up with - tying a loop around the front bar to the bow D ring and back to the other side, around the bar on that side and attach it. With cam buckles it creates a fairly tight hold, minimal movement and really holds the kayak from moving forward. I use a similar system for holding the stern to the back bar. Along with a couple of lines around the body of the kayak to prevent side to side movement, it seems to work fairly well (no noticible movement when driving at highway speeds). Comments? Anyone got a clever name for this system (or is there already one?). BTW: this is being used on a yakima system with hulley rollers on back and a saddle up front, but this is fairly irrelevent to the system above. Glen Acord - Eugene, OR Member: WKCC, OKCC, UO/OP, OOPS Boats: Neckie Rip (WW) and waiting on my SK. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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