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It is Bass Derby time again here on Martha's Vineyard and everyone is out there trying to land the big one... and win the Whaler. I don't want to scratch my precious truck when I strap my rods to it and after a while it beomes a PITA to do it. I also don't want to buy one of those HD aluminum safari racks that holds three dozen rods and 24 cu ft freezer chest (+$200). When I throw my rods in the back and let them stick out the rear window they slide around and get all scratched up. What to do?

I went down to my plumbing supply store and bought a 6' length of 1.25" foam pipe insulation. For my purpose, I cut it to 43", put my window down about 1/3 of the way and cupped the sleeve over the glass. It worked! I did not and will not peel of the protective film that covers the adhesive used to seal the sleeve around a length of pipe, and if I do I will clean off the adhesive from the foam.

Well, I have got to get back out on the Jetty.