RE: [Paddlewise] Car Racks and Paint Damage

From: Steve Cramer <cramersec_at_charter.net>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 16:01:13 -0400
At 01:24 PM 10/24/02 -0500, Chuck Holst wrote:
> >>
>Yes, be sure to take a picture. Long straight boat on short round car. You
>should get smiles (or at least incredulous stares) everywhere you go.
>Steve Cramer
> >>
>
>Reminds me of the time I was driving my Civic with my canoe strapped
>upside-down on top. We had just had a very heavy rain, and water was
>ponding on the streets and freeways. A TV news photographer who saw me
>motioned that I should turn the car upside down!

I bought a couple of Sea Lions (17 ft) from a guy in New Jersey and had my 
daughter bring them down on top of her Civic. No problems, except that the 
rack attachments leaked water when it rained.


Steve Cramer
Athens, GA

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