> [Original Message] > From: Gary J. MacDonald <garyj_at_rogers.com> > This is why the centre bar has to be level with or lower than the > others. IMHO a little bit lower would probably be better. WOn't matter > if you have cradles. --But it should have to be EXACTLY the right height. Otherwise you're stressing the boat one way or another trying to tie it down. Or, conversely, the boat is constantly yanking up on that center bar. > > > Two bars would give you plenty of space for differences in curvature, > > three bars could restrict you. > > Yup. In my comments I was assuming that few boats would curve downward > relative to the ends,... But of course canoes are normally carried upside down, and even my flatwater freestyle boat has significant height difference in the middle. >> Three does let you carry shorter boats staggered (most frequent > use I have seen=WW kayaks) and provides other options. This is a possibility, especially with rack attachments for other purposes. A lot of bicycle holders, for example, require the bars be spaced exactly 1 meter apart... Three is fine > for upside-down canoes, but I don't know when it would be really > necessary. (Very few people do this 3-bar thing.) As mentioned above, probably not a good idea at all. I often carry both canoe and kayak on mine and the only compromise I am faced with usually is that the kayak has to face backward so the coaming clears the roof or the luggage rack up there. I never clamp on the bulkhead line. A friend broke the seal in that manner once... > > I have thought about three so that I could put one further forward on my > newer model mini-van. The old guttter-mounts let you choose your > spacing, but that is not so easy now with rail-mounts. (Look at the > spacing possibility on an Odyssey--that fronbar is very far back. One > reason I did not buy one.) I think it was a Volvo I was looking at which had boltholes in the window and door frames for attaching a pseudo-gutter and it could be a few feet long... Another problem besides railmounts is how much you can change vertical height. I suspect not at all... > > Racking is the most irritating part of paddling. > Oh, Yes, Indeed!!! Joe P. *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Jun 26 2003 - 12:24:16 PDT
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