RE: [Paddlewise] not a good morning

I'd guess most all of us had a variation of that nightmare before. Years ago
mine was watching my orange NDK Explorer flipping end over end down a busy
highway in my rear view mirror - shattering into pieces as it flipped along
and cars swerving in all directions to avoid 'em.  Woke up screaming, "OH MY
GOD! OH MY GOD!"  Scared the daylights out of me and my wife!  LOL  Since
then I have never gone without using a third tie-down strap at the front
along with a stern line.

 

Jim

 

From: owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net
[mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net] On Behalf Of Bradford Crain
Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2014 20:43
To: Peter Osman
Cc: Kirk Olsen; seakayakerjb; Paddlewise
Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] not a good morning

 

I have a Yakima rack bolted to a fiberglass Leer canopy clamped to a Nissan
pickup

truck. The tie-down straps are nylon webbing, and the front/rear ropes are
worthy of mountain

climbing. I generally drive 55-65 mph on the highway, and also have
comprehensive automobile insurance. Am I immune to disaster? Heck no. I even
had a dream where I was driving my truck

along the top of a dike and lost control. Thank goodness I woke up.

 

Brad





 

On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 6:18 PM, Peter Osman <peter_at_energysustained.com>
wrote:

 






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