Some body else’s yaks on some other car…
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In order to be able to make the clearances and avoid the over-height surcharge we flip the boats upside down and then flip them back over once we are off the ferry.
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One of my ultralight solo canoes, PBW Spitfire (18 lbs, 12 ft), Yakima system, with Jetstream crossbars and KeelOvers, NRS straps. St. Johns River, Florida.
Hyundai Elantra, 2015.
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Wow. I wouldn’t have gotten close to that one. Kept slowing down behind this one.
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Here is another truck with a nicer load. This was effective but to put the boats up there we had to climb up in the truck. The new truck was taller. That Port St Joe is a nice quiet country place to paddle.
So we Hulivatored it…
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Étaín 17.3 on 2013 Forester. No stern tie-down despite 0.7 mile drive at 22.6 mph to Sandpoint’s City Beach:
I’m one of those rare weirdos who hauls their kayaks upside down. 18’ Greenland skin on frame and 15’ Venture Easky on a Mazda CX5, just before a 1300 mile round trip from Pittsburgh to Qajaq Training Camp in Michigan. Thule bars and straps with 4 mm perlon bow and stern lines (latter fastened to class 3 trailer hitch).
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Epic on a Forester, custom rack.
Do oldies count? Phoenix Appalachian and Clearwater Whitewater on a Plymouth Arrow, K-Mart rack from back in the days of rain gutters.
Uh, do boats on boats count?
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back in the day…I always seemed to be the “go to” guy for shuttling. Worked well, though, as a few regulars had vans to haul people.
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Hey, someone has to be the buddy with a truck
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Placid Boatworks Spitfire and Rapidfire on the Escape. Just waiting to switch my rack and boats over to the Bronco Sport when it arrives. (Yakima Racks since the early '80s)
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Pics below using the Mitsubishi ‘factory’ rack, which is made by Thule. I chose the model that bolts directly to the roof instead of the sliding rails.
Boreal Design Baffin P2 in Swagman Aero Exo cradles:
Eddyline Raven on Great Lakes Kayak Wings:
Couple of inflatable SUPs in an Inno 445:
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I forgot about this one!
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