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Date:         Tue, 9 Aug 2011 12:33:00 -0400
Reply-To:     Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
Subject:      Re: Westy roof rack for two kayaks?
Comments: To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <4E41487D.4000403@gmail.com>
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It's an expensive solution, but the Hulavator is what I use on my Westy. I use it for my canoe, but it allows me to lower the canoe down to a level that is easily within reach, and also makes putting it back up on top a breeze (and in fact a one man operation.)

On Aug 9, 2011, at 10:47 AM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:

> Seeing that Rob brought up a similar question, I am prompted to ask for > suggestions on carrying two kayaks on a Westy roof. > > I see plenty of folk carrying two kayaks on their cars, using > purpose-built racks that carry the boats at a tilt so they ride > bottom-to-bottom, taking up less width. > > Westys are tall, however, and I'm not a tall man -- 5' 6'', which puts > the roof out of reach. So solutions from men over 6' are probably not > going to be very helpful. > > And I'm thinking that even if I did find a suitable rack from the likes > of Thule or Yakima, I cannot envision how I'd get the boats up there and > back down. First climb on top then haul the boats up on ropes? > > My guess is that with two boats up there, raising the roof would be > difficult if not impossible without first removing them, were I to want > to just overnight. So any method I use to get the boats up and down > would want to be pretty darn easy. > > -- > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott > Bend, Ore. > 1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people. > 1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer from a defunct company in San > Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westralia. > > Sent from my kitchen.


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