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ronp
 


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Good point there Dave Thumbs Up

And if I can add, if you do also tie the bow/stern of your kayak/canoe to your vehicle, make sure you tie at both front and rear, with equal tension.
Tying at just one point will have the effect of pulling the boat off in that direction [as tension is only at the one end].

Also, make sure you protect the paintwork of your vehicle by adding foam at appropriate points between the rope and body.
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For those confused with the difference between a canoe and a kayak.
swmbo is forever calling my canoe a kayak and my kayak a canoe. Rolling Eyes

A canoe is generally 'open top' with no bow/stern/port/starboard decks.
Key side to side strength is generally only the yoke and/or thwart.
It's paddled with a single blade paddle.

mine: Mad River Explorer 14TT

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With a kayak it has a closed cockpit and you sit inside, then pull over a spray deck to seal [which the paddler wears around their waist], exception being a 'sit on top' kayak which is self explanatory.
Kayaks are much stronger than open top canoes as they're generally one peice plastic moulded, and they have integral top decks, [they can have addittioal strength added for whitewater use ie internal hull spine and uprights between the hull and decks.]

Its paddled with a double bladed paddle.

mine: Pyranha Burn [white water] Mk2

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Trailered Movements wrote:
Just a bit of advice, and not only relevant to canoes/kayaks.
The nylon straps have a woven finish, not smooth. When under tension they will bite into whatever is being strapped meaning one side might be taught, and the other less so.
Using a sleeve over your goods that the strap goes through allows the strap to tension uniformly. A piece of carpet will do the same, you want the strap to move but the point of contact to remain staionary.

Dave


Agree - we often use lay flat hose to sleeve our ratchet straps with Thumbs Up
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I use ratchet straps on to the roof bars, roof bars well spaced on long roof rails.
I also have a set of triangular stops which prevent any chance of going off either side or front and back.

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This is Canadian canoe on the discovery, sadly longer owned by us - the D4 not the canoe!


  
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@peakwayfarer - is that made from carbon fibre? very cool looking! 8)

think a sleeve for the ratchet or some carpet bits seems like a sensible idea

Thick foam sections to go between roof rack and upside-down canoe seems a good idea as well - need something to level out the roof with the other stuff up there already:


I'll be making something like this:
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@waterboy - got any pics of the formers you made please? and a bit more detail on the climbing tape you mention as I'm still not 100% sure on how to tie down the front without rubbing the pain on the bonnet

Thanks everyone
Ben
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For the climbing tape, I'm presuming he means some sort of webbing. Used for tree slings or similar in climbing.




I've read of people bolting a loop to each wing with a loop of 'tape' sticking above the bonnet and tying from each to the front of the canoe. /\ style.

Obviously for vehicles with bolt on wings. Not seen it done on a discovery though.
  
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[quote="Disco3Ben"]@peakwayfarer - is that made from carbon fibre? very cool looking! 8)

think a sleeve for the ratchet or some carpet bits seems like a sensible idea

Thick foam sections to go between roof rack and upside-down canoe seems a good idea as well - need something to level out the roof with the other stuff up there already:
[img:533:400]https://www.disco3.co.uk/gallery/albums/userpics/52122/normal_IMG_1996.JPG[/img]

I'll be making something like this:
[img:826:400]https://www.disco3.co.uk/gallery/albums/userpics/52122/normal_Screenshot_2020-06-06_at_16_08_03.jpg[/img]


@waterboy - got any pics of the formers you made please? and a bit more detail on the climbing tape you mention as I'm still not 100% sure on how to tie down the front without rubbing the pain on the bonnet

Thanks everyone
Ben
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Yes it is carbon fibre and it’s from Canada, also very light, which is a bonus for lifting and carrying. The ratchet straps I use are very soft with a soft almost suede tab behind the ratchet, so no damage noted so far, you can’t see it on the photo but where the canoe makes contact with the roof rack there was pipe insulation or similar on the bars to minimise any damage, used carpet initially but it became horribly soggy when it rained
  
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We rig cableways as part of our business so have literally dozens of slings of different sizes and types. One of the suppliers we use is Flint Theatrical, and they sell 25mm sewn slings in a variety of lengths

https://shop.flints.co.uk/Products/pg_25mmsewnsling

The layflat hose I suggested as sleeving for the ratchets comes in a variety of sizes; eg

https://www.anchorpumps.com/cut-per-metre-...zXEALw_wcB

The former is/was just a rectangular(ish) shell/frame that we stood up inside the canoe and covered the top corners with foam to prevent it punching through. The idea was to try and prevent deflection (ours was a polyethylene canoe - I think Mad River - that we found washed up on the beack so it was far from perfect!)

It might be that when you build your canoe you can incorporate a couple of additional lightweight frames into the hull at the point where you will be strapping it down. That would avoid the need for the formers.
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110 V8 CSW (220k)
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S2A 88 Safari SW with lpg conversion (bloody lethal) 
 
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Ben,

How do you get on with getting an open onto your ProSpeed rack?

Is there much room to get anything else on after? another Kayak or a Bike maybe?

Id really like a ProSpeed but with some much invested in Thule racks and carriers im reluctant to change if I can't get everything I want on the roof.

cheers
  
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Ben4
 


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Hey Matt,

Haven’t built the canoe yet! End of the month.

I’ve got the material to make tie down loops.
Ordered dense foam blocks for the roof so I can leave the ladder transport racks fitted to the roof and still tie down the canoe.

Prospeed rack is 128cm wide
The canoe I’m making is 90cm wide

If the thinking is not to use ratchet straps then I need to sort something else and also have a think about what to use as the front and back tie down lines?

Cheers
Ben
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Just arrived in Ullswater.
Fitted a front tie down loop before I left:







Although I reckon it’s surely going to rub the paint when the canoe line is tied down?
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Ended up making the canoe a little wider than initially planned - still about 4.5m long and now 1m wide.
Think it would fit up there without having to put the awning upright, just need to move the fixing eye bolts.
I put 2 large long blocks of foam across the whole width of the roof rack so the canoe pulled down on to those and not half on half off the ladder rack.









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Looks great,

Is this the boat you've made?

Loving the prospeed rack. I might have to step up my interest in one.
  
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yes - that's the canoe I made last week Very Happy
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