I clicked, I looked, I liked. Looks like a good system. I think you are correct - either a strong but flexible system is in order, or alternatively, something completely rigid but totally conforming to the hull (usually home made). Those are the two ways to go. DL <http://www.graberproducts.com/article/article_control.asp?nextForm=fDetailArticle&originForm=fDetailArticle&id=212&class=8&push=originForm%3DfDetailCategory%08nextForm%3DfAssociatedArticle%08id%3D22%08class%3D8%08bctitle%3DRelated+Products> anonymizer wrote: > On Tuesday 23 July 2002 02:17 am, you wrote: > > Dave said: > > <snip> > > <<< > > Almost all of the rack time of my FG yaks has been on quality Yakima > > saddles, with as much hull support as most rack systems provide. The > > problem areas have been way aft or way forward, where the saddle systems > > do not conform so well to the hull profile. Perversely, the hull of my > > light layup Wind Dancer shows no gel coat cracks at the forward strap > > location, which is way aft of the bulkhead, and and where the yak is of > > largest cross section. Good fit to the saddles? Don't know. Go > > figure? Probably. > > > > > > Then there's my boat...and sometimes I worry that my kayak might be too > > much for my Yak racks. > > DL > > I use a Saris rack system. http://www.graberproducts.com/ The kayak saddles > are flexable. The straps run on the outside of the saddles and the saddles > conform to the shape of the kayak's hull. Perfect fit every time. > > Jan Mason > td376_at_mail.anonymizer.com *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Jul 23 2002 - 18:37:42 PDT
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