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Date:         Sat, 28 Jun 97 12:44:53 EDT
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         jag@cs.rochester.edu
Subject:      Carrying a canoe, Was: Re: Rain Gutter Adapter Locations

For "absolutely-no-drilling" types you can carry a canoe on your pop top Westy by tying it in the front and back and using canoe carrying foam blocks. The blocks attach to the rim of the canoe.

So where to tie it in the back you may ask? The answer is: the rear hatch. With the hatch open loop a line around each of the hinges. Tie down the canoe rear between the hinges. (In the front use the Westy luggage rack tiedowns of course)

About pop top mounted racks: I'm sceptic to mounting false gutters on the front of the pop top. Consider that the only thing holding the top down in the front on the late Westy's is the center latch. Forces applied to the side of the top is going to cause considerable bending tensions on the top.

However I do like the idea of having a rack wich allows the pop to be popped even with a light load on. I have a design worked out where the side of the top is locked down to the gutter when in transporting mode. Now I just need some time to go down to the machine shop and make it.

/Martin -- Martin Jagersand email: jag@cs.rochester.edu Computer Science Department jag@cs.chalmers.se University of Rochester

Slow down and visit the VW diesel Westy page: WWW: http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/jag/vw -------------------------------------------------------------------


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