I left the Ala Moana shopping center Tuesday nite and followed a late model black truck with a one man mounted on the rack as he exited the parking lot structure. The back half of the canoe was crunched downward toward the ground in almost a 90 deg angle, the bend being right at the midway point where the canoe rested on the rear rack. The guy/girl just kept driving like nothing and continued driving like that with the tail nearly dragging on the ground. Looked like the damage was cause by backing into something or hitting the roof. I felt sorry for the guy/girl and can't imagine how upsetting it is. Anybody know what happened? I don't even thinks its worth trying to fix something that major.
I had a close call myself while driving up the Ala Moana parking lot structure ramp on the Mauka side with my canoe strapped above me on the racks. I flew up the ramp thinking the roof was high enough. I clipped my rudder on the top of the parking structure but luckily suffered no major structural damage to the canoe. The only thing you can see is a couple of gel coat chips on the rudder...the kind you'd get from scraping the reef. If the rudder was an inch higher, I could have sheered the back portion of the canoe right off.
Submitted by Snarfblat on Thu, 02/15/2007 - 3:50pm
Almost pulled that trick with a bike on my roof rack. Stopped just in time to get away with only a scratch on the saddle.
#1 Thu, 02/15/2007 - 4:03pm
Guess that's worse than having your canoe blow across a dock and get skewered on a cleat.
#2 Wed, 02/21/2007 - 2:14pm
Had a friend who forgot to tie his bow line on a brand new J-boat. Just when he realized the line was loose his tire ran over it and folded the boat in two. The bow slammed onto the car hood. The passenger in the car was also a canoeist and he said he almost hurled when the canoe broke.
#3 Wed, 02/21/2007 - 3:41pm