At 1:39 PM -0400 5/23/03, ralph diaz wrote: >In just about any car you can always find some place to hook a carabiner or >have a captive strap in place. You need to probe underneath beyond the aero >bumpers for some frame member. Cars like folding kayaks have skins and >frames. In a folding kayak you have frame places to tie things to inside >the boat; in cars you have frame places for attaching the "bumper" tiedowns >for kayak carrying. I find that a single tie down on one end and two on the other is all that is required to firmly attach the kayak to to rack / car. Like Ralph said, I was able to locate a vertical frame member behind some plastic trim. In the front, I clip the tie-down onto a permanently installed a tubular webbing loop installed around this frame member. In the rear, I've bolted two pieces of strap steel (with holes to accept the tie-down hooks) to a frame member running behind the bumper --- there is only a single built-in attachment point and it positioned very close to the muffler. Brian *************************************************************************** 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 - 12:33:13 PDT
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