Re: [Paddlewise] Yakima/Thule Bars

Luke Hoffman wrote:

>
> Thule still sells the short roof line adapters.  I have one on my '94
> toyota Celica and it works pretty well for my Acadia which is a short boat
> 12.5 ft).  The spread between the front and back bars is a little less than
> two feet and I have the kayak saddles on the rack.
>
> I have a Pygmy Coho kit which I'll probably start on next month when it's
> not so bloody hot in my garage.  Does anyone have any thoughts on car
> toping that bad boy with a bar spread that short?  I've been considering
> buying a utility trailer.  will I need one to haul the Coho?
>
>                             Luke
> --------------------------------------------------------
>

I have the Thule bars on my Jeep Wrangler, I used the fake rain gutters to
increase the spread to about five feet.  That handles my Current Designs
Caribou quite well, although it is a bit of a pain to load a kayak on a roof
that is almost as tall as I am.
If you go for a trailer consider getting a small boat trailer, you get a longer
tongue that way.  Then you can build onto it to suit your needs.  I went that
route when I was carrying a sea kayak and two canoes at once.  the sea kayak
sat in a custom formed bed between posts that held up the crossbars for the
canoes.

Mike


--
    Paddling along through fog so thick that only one's thoughts are
visible, your reverie is abruptly shattered by the ancient cry of a great
blue heron as she lifts uncertainly from the brilliant blue of a
mussel-shell beach witnessed only by the brooding, wet spruce....your
passage home seems as much back through time as it does through space.
Mark H Hunt


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