Re: [Paddlewise] Roof Rack for Folding Kayak

Wow it hadn't even occurred to me that you'd have the sponsons inflated
when travelling.  With the blue foam pads I've always left them empty
and then filled them when I got to where I was going.

Alas, I have not followed the conventional wisdom well and my K-Light
has been left assembled for 4 years.  I'm not sure now that I could get
it apart, although I've done my best to limit salt contact with the
frame.  It was bought when I lived in an apartment and had no space for
storage and when I moved into a house I just got lazy about breaking it
down after each trip.

Benno Jones

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> Several other things to bear in mind when cartopping a foldable:
> 
> --Don't be timid in how much you cinch down the straps.  It is okay 
to make
> them so tight that the straps indent the sponsons.
> 
> --Do be careful if going through large altitude changes enroute, say
> climbing into mountains to reach some nice lake.  Same with large
> temperature changes such as starting off on a cool morning but 
expecting to
> be in hot sun and high temperatures later.  If doing either of these, 
then
> deflate the sponsons as the air expanding in them under such 
circumstances
> may lead to them popping.
> 

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