Somewhere between a repost either Joe Broza or Ralph Diaz said (I lost track of whose quotes were whose) Snip Trouble is limitation in how many boats you can carry. You can't stack >em on their sides and therefore it looks like a small car could carry >just two at best. With roof rack bars you have a wider expanse for >putting on the boats side by side. > >> Yakima makes something called a Kayak Stacker. It is meant for stacking kayaks on their rails - a very strong point on the boat.(pads are available) I purchased this kit along with the Sweet Roll. I use the Sweet Roll for my fav boat. And I use the kayak stacker for stacking my friends boats side by side. My little Metro is not limited to 2 boats in cradles. I can put 4 on with the stacker/cradle combo or 5 boats on total using the stackers alone. The car only seats 4 with room for gear in the back. Although one may argue that I could strap an expendable friend on the hood. Far better than my old pickup. Thank God for Yakima's Metro kit- I can haul all mine and my friends boats and still get 40 mpg. Phil Huck thekayaker_at_yahoo.com huck_at_mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, huck wrote: > Somewhere between a repost either Joe Broza or Ralph Diaz said > (I lost track of whose quotes were whose) > > Snip > Trouble is limitation in how many boats you can carry. You can't stack > >em on their sides and therefore it looks like a small car could carry > >just two at best. With roof rack bars you have a wider expanse for > >putting on the boats side by side. > > > >> > Yakima makes something called a Kayak Stacker. It is meant for stacking > kayaks on their rails - a very strong point on the boat.(pads are available) > I purchased this kit along with the Sweet Roll. I use the Sweet Roll for my > fav boat. And I use the kayak stacker for stacking my friends boats side by > side. My little Metro is not limited to 2 boats in cradles. I can put 4 on > with the stacker/cradle combo or 5 boats on total using the stackers alone. > The car only seats 4 with room for gear in the back. Although one may argue > that I could strap an expendable friend on the hood. > > Far better than my old pickup. subaru 4dr sedan, 1 17' gruman aluminum canoe, 4 plastic sea kayaks, one on either side of the stacker you refer to, then the other 2 boats stacked on top of the pile and tied down [2 belly straps each, plus a bow & stern line] for 30+ mile drive on the highway. and that was with my standard 58" crossbars, if i had had my double wide bars, who knows how many boats i could have loaded!! 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.jacknjillz.com/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: A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. - English Proverb *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
huck wrote: > > Somewhere between a repost either Joe Broza or Ralph Diaz said > (I lost track of whose quotes were whose) > > Snip > Trouble is limitation in how many boats you can carry. You can't stack > >em on their sides and therefore it looks like a small car could carry > >just two at best. With roof rack bars you have a wider expanse for > >putting on the boats side by side. > > > >> > Yakima makes something called a Kayak Stacker. It is meant for stacking > kayaks on their rails - a very strong point on the boat. Yes, I know. I had them for my Thule. What I was referring to was that the portable pads that don't use rack bars can't have a stacker device as there are no cross pieces to place the stacker on. I have piled as many as six kayaks on the Thule rack on my former mini-van using the stackers. Four sea kayaks on their sides (including a folding single) and two whitewater boats on top and driven the monstrosity several hundred miles. The sides of a kayak, as you stated in a snipped portion of your message, are the strongest point and having pads on the bars make it less likely to damage the boats. ralph -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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