suds wrote:

: "Alex McGruer" wrote in message
: om...

: Thuly racks are good as are Yakama. I would trust them. My 1990 VW
: Golf carries 3 sea kayaks and normally I dont have straps to the bow.
: I put a light rope on the stern as a break line .


: How do you get three up there? The wife and I each have an Ocean Kayak
: (Scupper Pro and a Drifter.) With them both on top of the minivan, they
: cover the distance side to side. We want to get a third kayak for the kids
: or guests but haven't figured out how we'd be able to transport it.

We used to have a GMC safari mini-van and we could carry 5 kayaks or 2 kayaks
and a canoe (or 2 canoes) on it with 58 inch Thule bars (current van has
raingutters so we don't use factory rack anymore).

Don't exceed the weight the factory rack says it can hold.

Oh, we used kayak stackers, and they fold down so you can mount canoes over
it when you need to.

--
John Nelson
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