[Buckeroo Bob]

I'm here to relate a horro story involving 2 kayaks on a Yakima roof rack. One kayak was using the flat cradle and the other was mounted with the J hooks (sitting at an angle) The rack used the Q towers mounted to the window frames using Q-clips. We were driving to a paddling site on the interstate when they rack suddenly and catastrophically failed. Both boats and both rails broke free of the car at 65-70 mph. We later determined that the front Q tower on the side with the J hook had slip back about 6". Enough to somehow allow the bow of the kayak to be further exposed to the air stream. At some point the force of the wind broke the entire system from the car. This was a dealer installed rack. We did not have a front and rear tether and thus Yakima is trying to deny our claim against them. Their instructions suggest using these tethers, but do not state that the warranty will be void if they aren't used. We are trying to get them to honor the warranty. Who know?