Dirk Barends wrote: > > Lately I have been thinking about using those special foam blocks for > carrying my canoe on my car. I used them when I got my first canoe, but had to get racks when we added the next boat to the fleet. They worked OK, except that the ropes end up stretching out very wide, to the edges of the roof, so that side-to-side stability isn't very good with high winds/speeds, even with triangulated bow and stern ropes. Because of this, yes, there will be some roof scuffing by the pads over time. -- Steve Cramer Athens, GA *************************************************************************** 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 29 2002 - 06:07:57 PDT
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