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Saturday, 08 September 2007

phew

I very nearly purchased one of these Thule gear boxes for my roof racks before I left Victoria but now I'm actually relieved that I hadn't. The reason I stalled was that I really wasn't that keen on parting with the money, and figured that I may not need it. I could, after all, fit everything into my car... just. As it turned out 'just' was just too tight, making it tough to get to certain things without unpacking half the car. It also started to bug me loading salt/sand coated gear back into it, which as you would know, has potential to cause all sorts of problems.

Roof rack coffin

Sometimes it really pays to hold out and this was one of those occasions because like a few other Hobie dealers, Mal Gray from Sunstate Hobie wheels and deals in Thule equipment and he was good enough to quote me a really sharp price that I couldn't go past (and no one else could or would beat). So I doubled back from Tin Can Bay to Cooroy to take him up on that offer today and now I've got a lot more space inside the car. That's a big relief, let me tell you. I nearly decided to pull up at the Urangan pier at Hervey Bay today and sleep in the back of it in celebration. Nearly.

Mal is one of those guys who has a love-hate relationship with his telephone I reckon because the damned thing never stops ringing. Vic Hobie dealer and Yakabout sponsor Scott Lovig warned me that Mal was a busy man and he really wasn't kidding. I've stopped in to see Mal 3 times now and eery time he's been run of his feet. As I installed the Thule gear box today (no manual required, thank you very much) 2 kayaks and 1 catamaran rolled out the door. And that was all in the space of about 1 hour. Something tells me Mal will be hiring a helping hand very soon.