Ron said (snip): >I guess it all depends on the circumstances and personal taste. Some things to note: 1. Larger, longer boats, boats with more side area, are naturally more susceptible to wind gusts. 2. The space between the saddles (more is better) has a lot to do with the bow and stern moving sideways in the wind. 3. No type of boat should be tightened down excessively in the saddles.< Excellent points Ron. I often forget that with my boat I can cinch down any line I want, or cinch the hull/deck as tight as I want, with no ill effect. This is untrue for most other boats. I imagine one must find a certain tension for all and every line, and certainty very little with a long kayak on some such car as a short-roofed sedan. Doug Lloyd Victoria BC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ "Whatever can be said at all can be said clearly and whatever cannot be said clearly should not be said at all." Ludwig Wittgenstein ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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