On Thu, 11 Mar 1999, Steve Cramer wrote: > I have a minor preference for Yakima over Thule racks. I currently have > Yakimas on my truck, but the Thules fit better on my son's truck. I also > had to use Thules on my Volvo, as Yakima had not come out with a fit kit > yet. the biggest significant difference _was_ [i haven't sold them in 5 years], was the round bars allowed a more variable adjustment, and the more arched the roofline, the more significant this became. their catalog explains this quite well. when i was selling them, we had a choice between carrying yak's & thule's, and chose yak's because of this. > You will find that Yakima is much more conservative in rating their > racks than Thule. For example, Yakima says their setup with a spacer bar > for a pickup cab should not be used for carrying a kayak. Thule says > it's OK. I think this is CYAing rather than any significant difference > in capability. Pay your money and take your choice. BTW, we use that > setup for WW boats, not SKs. > > I experienced slightly more wind noise with the Thules, but this could > have been vehicle-specific. Also, I have seen bent Thule bars, but I > have never seen a bent Yakima bar. Never bent one myself. YMMV. i bent my long one's standing on one, lifting a boat onto the roof!! > As far as additional attachments, I used to have a Yakima saddle for the > SK. It worked fine, but took up a lot of space on the rack, so when we > were going off for a weekend and wanted to take an open canoe and 2 WW > boats, there wasn't room. I purchased a pair of ethafoam rack pads that > clip onto the bars and have a v-shaped top to carry my wife's boat. > These worked so well and were so easy to take on and off that I bought a > second set and discontinued the saddles. I think the foam pads support > the hull better than the saddles did. thanks, i bought them ;-) your gain, my gain ;-) > For long distance travel, I tie down the boats with NRS straps. Around > town I frequently use rope and trucker's hitches. Bow and stern lines, > of course, of 1/4" nylon with tautline hitches. > > Steve mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com----http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark ---- # mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index to club websites i administer] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Fortune: "In a world without fences, who needs 'Gates'" -- Scott McNealy "In a world without walls, who needs 'Windows'" -- Dave Livigni *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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