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Re: Other: damage
By:Randy Oswald
Date: 8/18/2003, 5:20 pm
In Response To: Re: Other: damage (Randy Oswald)

Somehow forgot the punchline - if you build them right they're amazingly strong!

Well, here's my tale of woe...

: Done for the day. Throw the son's 15' Guillemot on top of the Jeep and head
: back down to the water (with the son) to get the double that my wife and I
: paddle. Hear a most horrifying crunch and know instantly that the
: Guillemot has fallen off the roof.

: Was it a gust of wind? Did I not have it in the blocks? What happened??? I
: turn around expecting to see a pile of splinters, but remarkably the boat
: is still in one piece. My wife is standing next to the (now open) tailgate
: of the Jeep looking for all the world like a two year old who has just
: broken mommy's favorite trinket. She asks, sheepishly, "did I do
: that?"

: She did, by opening the tailgate. She let go of it, it hit the unstrapped
: kayak, and rolled it off the roof. Damage is some slight splintering at
: the stern and lots of scratches.

: Moral of the story is: I will tie down each boat as I load it, and the wife
: will pay much more attention when opening the tailgate.

Messages In This Thread

Other: damage
john -- 8/15/2003, 3:19 pm
Re: Other: damage
Randy Oswald -- 8/18/2003, 5:17 pm
Re: Other: damage
Randy Oswald -- 8/18/2003, 5:20 pm
Re: Other: damage
john -- 8/17/2003, 11:51 am
Re: Other: damage
Mike Hanks -- 8/17/2003, 9:51 pm
Re: Other: damage
john -- 8/19/2003, 1:32 am
Re: Other: damage
Mike Hanks -- 8/19/2003, 9:22 am
Re: Other: damage *NM*
Mike Hanks -- 8/17/2003, 9:06 pm
Re: Other: damage
yakman -- 8/16/2003, 11:09 am
Re: Other: damage
Paul Probus -- 8/18/2003, 12:55 pm
Re: Other: damage
Jim Pace -- 8/18/2003, 2:13 pm
Re: Other: damage
Paul Probus -- 8/19/2003, 1:20 pm
Re: Other: damage
C. Fronzek -- 8/16/2003, 3:44 pm
Re: Other: damage
yakman -- 8/16/2003, 4:49 pm
Re: Other: damage
Brian Nystrom -- 8/19/2003, 12:57 pm
Re: Other: damage, in more ways than one
Mike Hanks -- 8/16/2003, 6:15 pm
Re: Other: damage, in more ways than one
jimkozel -- 8/17/2003, 11:19 am
Re: Other: damage, in more ways than one
Tom Yost -- 8/18/2003, 2:56 pm
Re: WELL SAID, Jim! *NM*
Steve Frederick -- 8/17/2003, 6:05 pm
Re: Other: damage, in more ways than one
yakman -- 8/17/2003, 2:30 pm
Re: Anonymity and hostility
Shawn Baker -- 8/17/2003, 11:42 pm
Well said, Shawn *NM*
Brian Nystrom -- 8/19/2003, 12:49 pm
Re: Other: damage, in more ways than one
Rehd -- 8/17/2003, 3:47 pm
I'm With you, Jim-IDENTIFY Or take a HIKE *NM*
Charles Leach -- 8/17/2003, 1:42 pm
dito! *NM*
Danny -- 8/17/2003, 12:55 pm
Exactly *NM*
Ted Henry -- 8/17/2003, 12:34 pm
Re: Other: Engineering analysis *LINK*
Brad Farr -- 8/16/2003, 12:21 am
Re: Other: damage *LINK*
Glen Smith -- 8/15/2003, 4:54 pm
Re: Other: damage
Ryan -- 8/15/2003, 6:31 pm
Re: Other: damage
Paul G. Jacobson -- 8/15/2003, 9:37 pm
Re: Other: damage
Bill Price -- 8/15/2003, 3:49 pm