On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 23:05:15 -0800, Melissa
posted:

Hi Mike,

On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 22:58:06 -0500, you wrote:

Ah, well, you see, there I am. If I recall correctly, you have that
home built Arctic Hawk, and the boat I'm wanting to put in the
saddles is the Wilderness Sys Arctic Hawk. They are very similar
boats, no?

Yes...same basic dimensions, just different materials. In fact, both
my boats are hard chined (the other is a Current Designs Caribou).

But I don't have the luxury of waiting around for a pair of TLCs to
show up. In fact, in my neck of the woods, I might be waiting a
long time.

It's definitely a problem finding a used set of TLCs, because most of
us who have them are holding on to them! :-) At the time I returned
the Makos I'd purchased, I also wrote to Yakima, requesting that they
bring back the TLC model, but I guess my little letter wasn't
influential enough. :-(

Woo hoo. I just let eBay be my friend. There were two sets of four
TLCs and a TLC/Hullyroller combo (Buy it Now!) for sale, and instead
of fooling with the auction, I just bought the combo NOW. Bidding
is still going on (in the mid-$20) for the other sets if you're
interested.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW

Mike Soja

At this point, when I want to carry both boats on the car, the
Caribou goes in the TLCs, and I've re-shaped a pair of foam cradles
to accommodate the Arctic Hawk deck down on the rack. As long as I
tie it down securely, this arrangement works very well.