Ken, we travel sometimes for hours on superhighways at speeds that are, shall we say, what the traffic will bear. We have a fairing for our Yakima rack and we think it's great. The noise reduction is phenomenal, even at much saner speeds. And, bottom line, our kayaks have never left us. According to my unscientific observations, the bow line gets just as taut with or without the fairing. On shorter, slower drives on which the speed would never exceed 50, we have traveled (I'll admit it here) without the bow lines, also without any hint of excessive lift. I think that Thule needs to find a better salesperson. Bob V From: Ken Schroeter <kenschroeter_at_hotmail.com> > I just picked up a Thule rack at the New England Paddlesports show > yesterday. I had planned on getting the entire rack including a fairing (I > thought it made sense... I have a little 4 cylinder Honda CRV and the drag > will be significant). The Thule guy told me they don't recommend the > Fairing with kayak racks as the up lift increases the lifting force on the > kayaks. I didn't get the fairing. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Apr 02 2001 - 15:08:39 PDT
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