Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 08:09:13 -0400 From: test <test.itnopsamcom> Subject: Re: Nothing helpful here
Thomas: I have a 9-5 wagon also and I am familiar with the towing bolt you described. Would it be possible to get a shorter one from a hardware store? This may eliminate the danger of smashing the eyebolt on the ground. I am interested to know your results since I am thinking about buying a kayak and will face the same dilemma. Another note: how do you keep the ropes from chafing the paint on the hood? P.S. Just had another thought. would it be possible to tie a line from the bow of the canoe to the roof rack? Thomas Cormen wrote: > "Tony W" <saabbookwormnopsamown.net> writes: > > > My 86 9000 also has very handy hooks on the front, but that wouldn't help > > you now would it. I've never carried a canoe but do have a roof rack for > > bikes. Would a combination of a bungee to lash the front back to the cross > > beam and some sort of fairing to divert the wind be possible. The fairing, > > ideally, should divert air going under the front of the canoe, maybe even > > attached around the front of the canoe as a sort of mini air dam for it. > > > > Tony in Fort Worth > > 86 9000t > > > > p.s. the two hook you have described on the 9-5 doesn't sound ideal for > > towing but would be quite useful if ever it had to land on a carrier deck. > > ...just a thought. > > > > > > Thanks for the ideas, Tony. Only problem is that the front of the > canoe, hanging well over the front of the roof, already blocks a lot > of my view. I don't want to make it worse. I'll probably just try a > test drive with the front not lashed down and my wife in the adjacent > lane looking for signs of lifting. > > However, the next time an aircraft carrier comes 200 miles up the > Connecticut River, to the Hanover-Lebanon area, I will be sure to > drive my 9-5 off the Ledyard Bridge onto its deck! > > --THC > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Tom Cormen Voice: (603) 646-2417 > Associate Professor Fax: (603) 646-1672 > Dept. of Computer Science Email: thcnopsamartmouth.edu > Dartmouth College URL: http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~thc/ > 6211 Sudikoff Laboratory > Hanover, NH 03755-3510 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
