My new kayak

How about some pictures of that $50 homemade roof rack. That kayak sure looks good on the E and looks even better in the water.

Nice Yak. Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!

So in a situation like that (geese on the water).

Who has the "Right of Way" ?




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The bigger floater obviously.

tlement said:

Margaret, sorry about the slow response. I wanted to do a comprehensive post on my "high-end ******* rack" in the rack section but haven't gotten to it yet. Here are a few photos of the components and the final product....

Let me know if you have any questions.

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Thanks tlement. Great Job! Very inventive. There's a lot of do-it-yourselfers with Elements so be sure to share the pictures with the others on that rack section.

Kayaking is fun !

The one and only time I tied my Kayaks on like that, I had strap burns on the Hood and the top of rear hatch. How do you avoid that problem ?




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I don't know??? I have been doing it this way for 5 years, and have no marks anywhere....well I got a dent on the door, but thats it...but that was from a car door hitting it...

Hondamade4dogs said:

I don't know??? I have been doing it this way for 5 years, and have no marks anywhere....well I got a dent on the door, but thats it...but that was from a car door hitting it...

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You must be doing it right then. My dad & I put a canoe on the roof of his car in a similar fashion & ended up losing all sorts of paint off the hood & roof.

I haven't been able to figure out the best way to tie on myself. I'm very afraid of leaving strap marks (black paint is sooo forgiving). So I haven't been tying to the bumpers, I've been tying to the rack base. For the 2 seasons I've done it that way, I've had zero problems, but if the rack mounts would ever break off the top of the car, that would be.......um.... not so good

My canoe is just under 14 feet. When topped right in the middle of my rack, my bow tie-down sits at an acute enough angle to rub at the very end of the hood.

Picked up some pipe-wrap at Home Depot

http://www.homedepot.ca/webapp/wcs/...Ntx=mode+matchall&recN=0&N=0&Ntk=P_PartNumber

fender bolt straps

these are what I use to easily tie my canoes down in front and so far no paint issues.

http://store.springcreek.com/Vehicle-Racks/Blocks-amp-Straps/Top-Ties-p1373.html

just remove a fender bolt, slip this under, and put the bolt back in. You flip them out the side of the hood when needed and leave them folded under when they are not.

You can also make them easy enough with some old webbing and a grommet kit from Home Depot.