Several years ago, Dan Millsip, of West Coast Paddler lost two boats when the factory installed roof rack tracks ripped out of the roof of his minivan, at speed, outside of Vancouver, BC. Some damage to boats, no injuries or damage to other vehicles or people despite traffic. The culprit? No bow or stern ties. He reported this on WCP. Thereupon ensued a raging debate about the need for bow and stern ties, with about the same content as this discussion. Likewise, I was a passenger eying my buddies' surfboards popsicle sticking through the air after they left the roof of a sedan barreling down Hwy 101, near San Diego, circa 1960. No injuries to other vehicles or people, just rail dings and a skegectomy. They went surfing anyway. List serve filters prevent me from using the pungent language this idiocy deserves: get the bow and stern anchored with freaking ties, gol darn it! Good fortune seems rampant in these descriptions, inasmuch no one has reported injuries to people in following vehicles. Or, maybe ... paddlers whose flying boats decapitated someone, or punched a hole in someone's chest are too shy to speak up ... on the sage advice of their attorneys, of course. ;) -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR*************************************************************************** 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 Mon Sep 15 2014 - 08:00:09 PDT
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