>Chuck Holst wrote: > > I don't always use bow tie-downs when traveling short distances. I did this > > time because of the discussions on Paddlewise, and I'm glad. Now I'm > > starting to think more seriously about using stern tie-downs, too. Another very long-time user of bow and stern tie-downs. > Nothing other than the >webbing straps at the saddles, on either side of the cockpit, to keep the >boats >from moving forward. I have at times, on previous vehicles, used a rope from the rear bumper to the cockpit as a restrainer. > From Chucks description of the accident it seems that the >tower/car connection is the weak link, since three of the four towers >separated >from the car. With my rack and when I build racks, there is a bar connecting the cross bars, fitted down the centre. I have at times used two bars, one each side. The bar is bolted through the rack and stops it from "toppling" i.e. "rolling" forward. The present vehicle is a van so the kayaks are high and the supports well spaced. Each boat has a "bungy" made of tyre inner tube loops (slices across the tube) larkshead or cowhitched knotted together to make a long "bungy". Tied to the centre of the cross bar, looped over a kayak and then over the end of the bar. Four bungies for two kayaks. It and the cradle shapes help stop sliding on the rack. Alex . . *************************************************************************** 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 - 13:56:41 PDT
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