Ron Dunnington wrote: > I feel as if tying down the bow and stern to the car body/frame takes a load > off of the roof rack when you encounter wind gusts. If you tie the boat(s) > down to the rack, there is a chance the whole rack could break away from the > car with the kayak(s) on it. I speak from expierience ...., a very costly one! When car shopping 10 yrs ago I called the service dept. to check up on the salesman's claims re the factory roof rails. The Srvc Mgr told me that I could indeed put a canoe on, but that he wouldn't because of the wind. They had had a car (wagon) in a couple of years earlier where the wind had gotten under the canoe and pulled the roof rails out of the roof "Just like zippers." The repair included a new roof for the car. $$$$ GaryJ -- Director, Family Canoeing Centre Recreational canoeing courses for the whole family. +--------------------------------+ | /"\ | | \ / | | X ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN | | / \ AGAINST HTML MAIL & NEWS | +--------------------------------+ *************************************************************************** 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 Fri May 23 2003 - 10:29:27 PDT
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