A companion video to Eb's Source for Adventure blog post "How to tie a canoe onto your car": ebsadventure.com/blogs/news/3... Jeff takes you step by step through the process.
Thank you for taking the time to make that tutorial! Going to pick up a canoe that i found second hand tomorrow, and i'm a lot more confident that i'll bring it home safely after watching this ;-)
You do not need to tie downt is a big wing on top of your the front and back using these straps….how tight is tight enough on the straps….if you wiggle the canoe and the car and canoe moves as one tight…..it’s good….if you aRe driving and the boat shifts …remember it may catch the wind as you drive as It is a big wing, a little movement is ok …like a inch but not more……if you push and pull on the strapped canoe and it moves the whole car it’s tight…..I say this as I have carried many canoes across the states to deliver to customers …sometimes stacked…and had ANY…. Problem……. The reason is those straps
Rather than tying the bowline knot under the rear bumper, why not tie the rope to the tow point under the car first and then tie the bowline knot up where the canoe is?
You can do it however you like - we use a bowline at one end (either on the canoe in this video or at the tow point) and a trucker's hitch at the other.
The tie down at the back is wrong; the rope on the canoe should be anchored more toward the front of the canoe to pull the canoe towards the back of the vehicle. One of the thwarts would work. Any part of the canoe that overhangs the tiedowns is a bad place to tie to the load.
If you look at czcams.com/video/Ysy-Pc58d4o/video.html you will see that there is no other option. The thwart is too far away from the back of the car.
Thanks! 👍
Thank you for taking the time to make that tutorial! Going to pick up a canoe that i found second hand tomorrow, and i'm a lot more confident that i'll bring it home safely after watching this ;-)
Great! Have fun in your "new" canoe :)
Nice job showing the knots that you used for the front and back of the canoe.
Thanks David!
Awesome thanks
If you're OCD like me, you have the front and back safety lines pulling opposite directions.
Ha ha! Thanks for the tip.
You do not need to tie downt is a big wing on top of your the front and back using these straps….how tight is tight enough on the straps….if you wiggle the canoe and the car and canoe moves as one tight…..it’s good….if you aRe driving and the boat shifts …remember it may catch the wind as you drive as It is a big wing, a little movement is ok …like a inch but not more……if you push and pull on the strapped canoe and it moves the whole car it’s tight…..I say this as I have carried many canoes across the states to deliver to customers …sometimes stacked…and had ANY…. Problem……. The reason is those straps
Rather than tying the bowline knot under the rear bumper, why not tie the rope to the tow point under the car first and then tie the bowline knot up where the canoe is?
You can do it however you like - we use a bowline at one end (either on the canoe in this video or at the tow point) and a trucker's hitch at the other.
The tie down at the back is wrong; the rope on the canoe should be anchored more toward the front of the canoe to pull the canoe towards the back of the vehicle. One of the thwarts would work. Any part of the canoe that overhangs the tiedowns is a bad place to tie to the load.
If you look at czcams.com/video/Ysy-Pc58d4o/video.html you will see that there is no other option. The thwart is too far away from the back of the car.
Nah.. As long as front and back are pulling opposite directions (unlike he did in the video) you're golden pony boy!
Thanks!