On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 20:16:27 +1100, Peter wrote: >These days I store on a carpet lined flat wooden shelf or on canvas slings eg two >folding seats, with no problems. Over winter here in Central Canada I store my kayaks by hanging them from nylon straps with the kayak tilted on edge. I recall the analogy to an egg where pressure can be withstood fairly well from the ends while poor from the sides. Apparently kayaks can withstand more force from the edges rather than top to bottom. I also recall from my whitewater days placing interior hard foam blocks to keep the deck/hull from compressing. >As far as distributed support goes, Thule racks must surely be up there with >the best. Agreed.... however some difficulty can arise when the Thule rack must be attached to a vehicle's fixed points on the roof rather than where one could increase the width between the bars for load distribution. My experience is mostly with the Honda CR-V and Element with the latter having fixed points relatively close together, thus there is a lot of kayak hanging out ahead/behind the bars. It is good advice not to tightened the bow/stern ties too firmly. -- cheers, Stephen *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Mar 14 2004 - 06:53:34 PST
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