Re: [Paddlewise] Kayak racks on new Westfalia/Eurovan

Hi,

I just got a Westfalia and love it! (1980, however) I had a shop in Salt
Lake City
install the racks as they have a big drive-in garage and had done a lot
of them. I drove it over there from Port Townsend hoping to find
someone, and put my whitewater kayak in it. You can see a picture of it
on the way home at a lake in Lassen State (?) Park. It did need to get a
new rear wheel bearing on the trip, and the relay to the starter broke
on the way....so I did a bunch of coasting to jump start through Lassen.
It was actually fun overall, as I got stuck next to a reggae festival
for the weekend in Quicy, CA.

I often now put the ww kayak in the van and bungie it to the bar.

It's really hard to pop the top with even just one kayak on. I
playaround with putting far back, for example, which seems to make it
easier.

Here is a picture: http://www.onwatersports.com/van.html

The last person installed a swithc behind the drivers seat - pull it on
when driving to turn on the fridge. This way the engine recharges the
battery, then you turn the switch off when you stop. Has an inverter
too.

Andree
http://www.onwatersports.com/KIX - KIX

On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Thomas Mitchell
wrote:

> All,
>
> I'm thinking of trading the wife's Suburban for a new VW Eurovan MV with the
> 'Weekender' package - Westfalia popup bed roof, small fridge...
>
>

Andree Hurley, Webmaster
http://www.viewit.com/ - New Look, New Programs for E-commerce and Design


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