Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 23:36:14 -0400 From: Four Weis <mweinopsamcom> Subject: Re: Nothing helpful here
test wrote: > 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? The ropes will chafe the paint only if they slide around. It does not matter what you put between the ropes and the paint - if it moves, it will chafe the paint. You should also beware of the end of the rope flapping around and hitting the paint. This will remove the paint faster than a sandblaster. The secret is to learn knots that do not slip and keep the ends of the rope secured and away from the paint. The procedure I have used for years is to secure the canoe to the racks with one rope per rack. Then tie the front down tight. The last part secured is the back - the rope never comes near the paint on the back. By tying the back last, the front ropes becomes even tighter without sliding around and chafing the paint. I am not sure of the length of your canoe, but I have a 19 foot canoe so the front ropes never touch the paint anyway. By the way - I have a Sky Blue Dick Held whitewater sport kayak I might sell. My forty something body does not fit in the kayak anymore. The best part about the kayak is that it has been carried on a Saab. > > > 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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