.....not to mention the lawsuit you'll be a defendant in when the 50#
plastic projectile blows off your roof and goes through the trailing car's
windshield and kills a couple or three folks.

Dimwitted moose and Flying Squirrel
-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Garrett <seangar@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Thursday, March 30, 2000 2:20 PM
Subject: Re: Kayak Transport on a Westy

>Rule # 1 for all of us whitewater boaters (my freinds, me too) :
>
>NEVER, NEVER, never store anything in your boat while in transit unless you
>are ready to replace that item.
>
>I have been on  numerous road trips to rivers and the following have
>occurred:
>Paddle strap on rack worked its way loose, several paddles destoyed at
>65mph+
>Spray skirts (or covers) have come off the cockpit and float bags were
>sucked out. Lots of vacumm can develop at 65mph in a open cockpit.  This
was
>while the boat was sitting upright (cockpit facing the sky).
>Paddles worked out of cockpits and got jammed and bent between boats. Boats
>were facing each other on their side, bottom to top.
>
>etc....
>I agree that the touring kayaks are different but why take the chance if
you
>have ample room to store this equipment elsewhere (plenty of room in a
>vanagon). Use your head, and dont have to go home because your cover blew
>off your boat and you lost a skirt or bag.
>SeanG
>
>>From: Todd Kaderabek <todd@LARKBOOKS.COM>
>>Reply-To: Todd Kaderabek <todd@LARKBOOKS.COM>
>>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>Subject: Kayak Transport on a Westy
>>Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 16:06:33 -0500
>>
>> >- Where do you carry your paddle in your fully loaded Westy?
>>
>>Inside the boat, along with 9,000 other things you can stuff in there
after
>>you put it on top.  Think of it as a car top carrier that floats.
>>
>>TJK
>>--
>
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