Hi All
Recently while talking to other SUP owners in the local break car park , we all came to the same conclusion no one seems to be making a suitable ratchet straps to anchor your SUP to the roof of the car.
Some of the problems we encountered were-
We found that the hooks on the straps are to long and rigid, and unable to secure around the bar and back onto strap and in my case I have a eye bolt in middle of roof rack and the bottom of hook goes through the eye and presses into board when straps are tight.
The strap itself is to short on the ratchet end ,so you can not wrap the strap around the bar and hook onto itself.
The ratchet while being tightened finishes at a rail damaging angle requiring board protection padding.
Ability to secure from one side of car, leaving board unsecured while running round to other side of car to ensure hook is in eye of lug bolt.
I have looked through the rack manufacturers catalogs for possible improvements, all seem to be selling the same stuff.
If anyone has any ideas of improving or better straps available I would love to hear
Red
