Re: [Paddlewise] Tiedowns revisited

From: <Heike_Robinson_at_lakeland.cc.oh.us>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 13:24:26 -0400
This accident makes me very worried about my brand-new Yakima roofrack.  It
turns out that I cannot tie down the boat to the bumper.  I bought the ties with
very nice hooks  but my car has nothing I could tie the boat to! There are two
hooks that I can screw into the bumper but they are both on the right side of
the car and put one-sided stress force on the boat.  Any ideas how I can solve
that problem? Btw,  when I bought the car,  I did not have a boat yet and I had
never strapped a boat to a car before:(
Heike



Personally, I always use two 1" straps to attach the boat to the rack and 2
more, front and rear, hooked to the bumpers. I have a glass


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