Re: [Paddlewise] "J" bars vs. saddles

From: Brian Curtiss <bc_at_asdi.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:40:20 -0600
At 7:03 PM -0400 10/25/06, Hal wrote:
>Is there an advantage to the J bars?

You can carry more boats --- I can carry 3 boats on the roof my 
Subaru Impreza: 1 in a set of saddles centered on the bars plus two 
on J-cradles positioned to the left and right of the saddles.  With 
saddles, I can barely get 2 boats up there (they both have to be no 
more than about 22" beam).  I've used the J-cradles to run shuttle 
with 30" wide canoes --- something that would be impossible with 
saddles.

Brian
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