Michael R Noyes wrote: > > Luke Hoffman wrote: > > > > > 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? I've had pretty good luck hauling a coho on top of a saturn wagon, with yakima saddles and a front line. About 3 foot spacing between bars. The spacing is not that wide on the bars, but the coho is fairly light. I thought about trying to rig up some kind of rack for a VW bug (old style), at least it has rain gutters, but still a very short roof. With the shorter, 2 foot spacing, bow and stern lines would probalby be in order. > 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. I have a small utility trailer that I was hoping to be able to make a varity of bolt on racks, for motorcycles, kayaks, etc. The problem is that the tongue is fairly short, which is probably preferable for motorcycles, but a pain for kayaks. Still the kayaks may win and I'll add length to the tongue. It seems to be the best win for trying to carry 4 boats (for when we have friends along). Any other suggestions for trailer racks? The custom fit racks on top are a nice idea, but it seems we're always wanting to bring a different combination of kayaks along, the double, the cohos, the recreation boat (that a toddler or dog can fit in). What can I say, I'm turning into a kayak packrat ;-) dave -- Dave Uebele (daveu_at_sptddog.com) Spotted Dog Systems http://sptddog.com/daveu.html *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Aug 24 1999 - 09:39:08 PDT
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