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Re: Off Topic: roof racks
By:Paul K
Date: 6/9/2012, 8:25 pm
In Response To: Re: Off Topic: roof racks (Marc Upchurch)

: I understand, my mistake was in assuming you meant the wooden J
: racks. It is a lot of effort to lift the kayak over the
: "flat" cradles.

: Did you laminate your cradles with epoxy of something else?

Nothing that fancy. I took yellow pine 1x10's and made cutouts for the hull shape from the moulds at the approximate stations, then screwed them to a wooden frame I set up. It looks nice all varnished, but at this point has to be tied to the car's rack (wanted to see how it worked before investing more time and money for clamps etc.) Metal racks seem to be better engineered and less subject to wear/tear& abuse.

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Off Topic: roof racks
Paul K -- 6/8/2012, 10:45 pm
Re: Off Topic: roof racks
Greg H -- 6/8/2012, 11:39 pm
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Paul K -- 6/9/2012, 6:16 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/9/2012, 9:07 am
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Yostwerks -- 6/9/2012, 1:46 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/9/2012, 3:25 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 6/11/2012, 2:25 am
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woodman -- 6/11/2012, 7:45 am
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Bill Hamm -- 6/12/2012, 1:38 am
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Paul K -- 6/9/2012, 2:15 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/9/2012, 3:29 pm
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Paul K -- 6/9/2012, 8:25 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 6/11/2012, 2:23 am
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robert l -- 6/8/2012, 11:56 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 6/9/2012, 7:15 am
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Sean Dawe -- 6/9/2012, 9:27 am
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Sean Dawe -- 6/9/2012, 9:28 am
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Sean Dawe -- 6/9/2012, 9:28 am
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Sean Dawe -- 6/9/2012, 9:31 am
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Yostwerks -- 6/9/2012, 1:01 pm
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Yostwerks -- 6/9/2012, 1:59 pm
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Yostwerks -- 6/9/2012, 2:12 pm
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robert l -- 6/9/2012, 6:09 pm
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Bryan K -- 6/12/2012, 10:37 am
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Robert l -- 6/12/2012, 11:56 am
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Mike Hanks -- 6/9/2012, 7:46 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 6/11/2012, 2:21 am