That's a good point, in my case the shortening of the lines would most likely break our kayaks at the rear saddles, and fling the two sterns into the car that rear ended me! Most likely directly through the windshield! John Blackburn "Leonhardt, William J" wrote: > If I had > an accident like yours, I was wondering if the car behind would first have > contacted my stern lines, shortening them with its forward motion, so that > it would try to bend the kayaks around the rear saddles. *************************************************************************** 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 - 13:14:41 PDT
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