I have a full-sized van with rain gutters and a rack that I can mount anywhere along the length of the roof. Someone's comment in the bow-stern tie-down exchange got me to wondering if it is better to space the rack bars apart further - or closer together? Say on a 16 ft boat - should it be support 4 ft from either end - leaving 8' in the middle? Or under the main section of the hull - rather than the highly tapered sections? How does the recommendation change for a plastic boat - exposed to sunlight/heat while loaded....it a wide spacing more or less apt to allow the hull to deform in the sun? Seems that a wide spacing might be more prone to lengthwise deformation (adding 'rocker') while a close spacing would more quickly cause 'boops' in the flatter, less rigid section of the hull around the cockpit - from the saddles or foam blocks. Thanks, K *************************************************************************** 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 Jun 24 2003 - 09:07:42 PDT
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