on 4/5/06 11:42 AM, Doug Alcock at doug.alcock@GMAIL.COM wrote:

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>>> Oh, but the problem with the kayak is lifting the poptop
>
>
> Here's a pic of my Westy with my 70lb canoe on top with the top
> popped..............I can lift the top by myself (and I'm no muscleman) ----
> the trick is to hop up into the luggage rack and lift from there. The boat
> becomes a lever and you're lifting with your legs.........
> http://doug.alcock.googlepages.com/vanagonwesty
>
> Cheers,
> Doug
 Cool!  I wonder tho, how that weight affects the poptop brackets & the
connection to the roof of the westy? (both in down direction & in uplift w/
increased area/weight to be affected by wind)

Tom-architect used to designing roofs so that they don't fail