> I like the Subaru Outback but found the roof rails are quite a bit closer > together than on the Subaru Forester. If you want to fit two kayaks on the > roof check this out first! One of my US customer's last week told me they > fell for this mistake and were shocked when they found they couldn't fit > their two boats on the Outback. I frequently carry two kayaks on the roof of my Outback. I have carried three. I have also carried two canoes, and (separately) a twelve foot rowing skiff. It's a simple matter. When you add the Thule racks (I removed the factory cross-bars, although you could leave them in place -- they slide fore and aft), you just install slightly wider bars than are standard. The bars extend a few inches outside the fore-aft factory rack system. The outside saddle mounts outside the factory rack. It looks quite natural, since even with the extra width the bar doesn't extend anywhere near the actual width of the car. I see this all the time on Outbacks. I actually have room for two sea kayaks and the smallest Thule roof box (in between the yaks). I can't imagine having a problem with this. It's way simple. Mark *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Oct 08 2000 - 19:31:36 PDT
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