on 4/4/06 12:11 AM, Joy Hecht at jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU wrote: > Hi Zoltan, > > I was just rummaging around and came across a picture of Matilda with the > kayak on the roof. Not an exciting picture, but it does show how the racks > and boat are placed relative to the poptop. I was wrong about the front > overhang - the boat goes as far as the bumper, not the front of the roof. > > The boat weighs 47 lbs, plus that other bag weighs maybe 10 lbs (it has wood > paddles and a pole in it). If your boats are plastic, they'll be heavier > even if smaller. > > The picture is on the web at: > http://www.joyhecht.net/professional/papers/Matilda-with-boat2.gif > > That's not a "boat", it's a yacht! Here all this time I thot you were wimping out in lifting the poptop w/ a little "play boat" kayak, not an ocean going land shark! How many volks does it sleep? grin, Tom |
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