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I put my new kayak on my car last night so I could go paddling today after work. Part of the reason I rented a space at Jack’s is because I hate putting the boat on the car - I’m always afraid of it falling off while I’m driving. But this is the first time I’m using my new boat, so I have to bring it to Georgetown, and then bring Woody’s boat home. So the kayak is on my little Saturn, and it’s tied down…but I never feel it’s secure enough.
But that doesn’t compare with what I saw while walking into my building this morning: a military helicopter carrying a Humvee. It was suspended well below the helicopter, presumably so it could be set down gently and detached before the helicopter landed. But still…dropping a plastic kayak on the road from about five and a half feet is nothing like dropping a Humvee from a few hundred feet. You’d kill someone with that thing!
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Don’t worry about securing your kayak too tightly. Remember, it’s not very heavy so as long as it is held down reasonably with the straps (maybe even running them through a grab loop) everything will be fine. It could be bouncing off you roof rack and it still won’t fall off. And even if it did, it’s only plastic!
You should try being in the heliicopter when the Humvee is being sling-loaded like that. The load naturally swings back and forth; the slightest movement jerks the helicopter rather violently… I know from sad experience that it’s better to do that sort of thing before a serious meal. 