Not familiar with your car's chassis, but this is what I do on my minivan, which has such crummy bumpers I would never consider relying on them for this purpose. By lying on your back under the front and rear bumpers you should be able to find holes in the undercarriage or other obvious points of attachment for a line. You could either tie your lines directly into those places or install a small grab loop (e.g., made out of webbing) for easier attachment to the main tie line. You may even be able to fit a carabiner: that's best of all. Make sure to inspect the lines after a long trip to see whether they're getting worn with friction or engine/exhaust heat. I also use two relatively short tie lines at each of the bow and stern, rather than one lone line: better redundancy. TFJ -------------- Heike wrote: "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:(" ------------------------------------------ The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged, confidential, and protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, any further disclosure or use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message or any attachment is strictly prohibited. If you think that you have received this e-mail message in error, please delete it and notify the sender. *************************************************************************** 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 22 2002 - 11:44:22 PDT
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