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DO NOT trust the buckles that go around your boat. After install, I was lifting the boat but it got a little uneven on front/back balance, so as I tried to adjust one of the buckles broke followed quickly by the second, dropping my kayak 3 feet to the ground! Luckily the non-rudder end hit first so no damage. I removed the broken plastic buckles and used only the stitched-in loops on the straps to wrap around my kayak (I moved one mount out further so it was around a skinnier part of the yak). That was the only problem; the rest of the system works just fine. I was lucky to have a high ceiling in my garage to clear the garage door AND my SUV. But you can see in the photo how much it can snug up to the ceiling when you remove those plastic buckles.