- Episode 3 - Searching each kayak makers' web site for recommended separations for roof rack support comes up empty. Kayak storage solutions recommend one support lining up with the rear bulkhead. Call to Necky customer support goes unanswered - same for an email. Wilderness Systems customer support guy is much more helpful. He says anywhere between 3 and 6 feet should be fine. I settle on 4 feet.
- Episode 4 - After really bad infection and a week laid up in the house, I get back to chiseling. This time, measure first - actually, measure many times. Keeping the bar attached to the braces makes relocating the braces a piece of cake. New location much closer to one of the bedliner attachment points making the liner much harder to move in and out. Getting the underbrace hooked in, not easy either. Fingers mangled; but, ultimately, completed. Et voila! ....
It took a call to the guys in Hickory to figure out how to put the darn straps on properly. The mako saddles have their own special set of doo-dads. Of course, I guessed wrong and used the conventional strap & buckle set on them instead of on the hully rollers. Oh, well. It takes longer than planned today, but it is finally finished. Now, if only I figure out how to use their bow/stern tie-downs so I can do highway speeds. Until then, it's 25 mph only through the neighborhood to the lake.
Temperatures in the 60's today, it's paddlin' time!
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