Two kayaks on a Saturn

Advice
#1

Has anyone used stacks or J cradles to carry two kayaks on a Saturn SL sedan?

#2

j-style
Not on a Saturn, but on my 96 VW Golf, also a small car of equivalent size. No problem with 2 Thule J-style carriers. I used to own a Saturn SL, and think this would be no problem either. Keep in mind a wise move would be to tie your boats down fore and aft although it is not strictly required by the rack design.

#3

Yakima
doesn’t recommend their stackers on the Saturn, but the Thule J-style hull-a-ports are supposed to work on Yakima racks as well. I don’t see any reason they wouldn’t work on my Saturn, especially for carrying short distances, mainly for shuttling.

Thanks for your response—sounds like it can be done.


#4

i have the thule j-hooks…
and 1 of them broke the other day because of extreme wind. i need to replace the 2.50$ part but i’m kind of wanting to get the other style where the kayak can sit flat on top of the bars. I think this would be better for the wind resistance.

#5

I have Mako saddles
that I use for my one kayak. I keep looking at the bar and wondering if I moved the saddles as far to one side as possible, there would be room for the J things. Usually, I’ll just carry one kayak, but occasionally it would be advantageous to carry two when a friend and I want to shuttle.



We’ve also thought about just plopping her kayak next to mine and strapping it on the bars for a short haul.



These are tough plastic kayaks, of course, and we’re talking short distances on country roads at low speed.


#6

SW-2
Sissy - I used to have a Saturn SW-2 and used the Thule bars with a stacker and front and rear tie-downs for our rec yaks. Worked fine.



Gnatcatcher

#7

I saw 2 kayaks on Saturn one night.
Back in my drinking days.