On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Dibben, Patrick wrote: > Samuel wrote: > > I am trying to figure out what is the best vehicle to purchase that > > will carry a Kayak. > > Mr Sailboard Restorations wrote: > > Subaru Outback -- best all around car for kayakers. > > I looked into this fairly carefully since I run a sea kayak tour business > here in Sydney. > 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. > What about oval supports for the kayaks? (Example at http://www.eckla.de/english/satz1e.html) Without these supports I could not fit the two rapid racing kayaks (4.50 meters long) of my son ( I myself paddle a Klepper!) on the roof of our Subaru Outback. They fix the kayaks firmly (here in France we drive a little bit faster on highways than in the states) and if fixed at the end of the bars they extend a little bit to the side, so you can transport two kayaks (and a bike!). A general disadvantage of vans (not just the Outback): The racks are located at the end of the car and the kayaks extend over the back of the car. This can pose some problems depending in what state you are driving as this length is mostly limited (I imagine here a loong, hardshell sea kayak on my Outback). Reinhold Weber *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Oct 10 2000 - 04:20:03 PDT
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