A friend of mine regularly carries his 14ft yak on top of his Subaru
Outback with out any problems and he even travels with it on the
freeways. He is using the Yakima bars and the kayak rack that goes with
the bars.

I have a GMC Jimmy with a less solid rack in my opinion and use the
factory bars and thule kayak racks and have no problems at all. Even
with both of my boats going down the highway they ride just fine.

alan
http://www.alanhefner.com/kayakingsource/

wrote:
We're looking into purchasing a used canoe (an Old Town Penobscot 16, a
16 footer) and the only car we have to carry it is a 2005 Subaru
Forester. There's a roof rack on the forester, and from rough tape
measure estimates, it looks like it'll be close, but it will fit. I'm
curious, though, if anyone has any experience with trying to carry a
canoe on a stock Subaru rack, and what suggestions you would have.
We've done plenty of canoeing, but have never had our own to carry
around.

Any input would be appreciated!

Thanks!

Todd