It is possible to have the racks too close. I have a long double and a car that required because of the nature of the drip guards that the racks to be close (less than 48 though I do not have an exact measurement) Took the kayak on a trip that involved an hour of logging road and it developed stress cracks in the sides of the hull over one of the racks. Subsequently, I have stuffed padding between the kayak and the roof in a position aft of the aft bar to prevent some of the stress. The manufactures of the racks do provide extenders that run the length of the boat to deal with short distances between racks problems. The likelihood of this problem increases with longer and less ruggedly constructed kayaks. Tight bow lines may or may not make it worse. *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Jul 14 2002 - 09:08:37 PDT
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