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Topic: Kayaks in freezing weather  (Read 2892 times)

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kardinal_84

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So does anyone have any experience in transporting the kayaks in freezing weather.  Like let's say 10 deg F.

Seems like at some point the plastic would get brittle and I would be risking some type of catastrophic hull/equipment failure if I had it tightened down on the racks...or worse, on the water....

Didn't appear to be much on the subject at first glance on the web...
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Try calling the manufacturer of your kayak and see what they have to say.  Another idea that comes to mind would be a kayak cover. Of course that won't help you out on the water. Anyways, that's all I got.

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You don't really need to cinch the straps super tight like your tying down a load of lumber or something, just dont want the straps to loosen to the point of falling off. normally the hull gets wider in either direction so slippagge is not a huge issue.

Can't help ya on the coldness, haven't felt 10 degrees in forever..ouch!
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this is a good question.  I might run into this problem here in a couple months.....
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