Taking Kayaks

Yes, haul them on roof rack of Jeep. Motorcycle (dirt bike) on rack mounted to front of MH and bicycles on rear of Jeep.

rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

We had Tarpon Wilderness hard kayaks but decided the hassle of carrying them on the roof was too much trouble, plus they were too heavy.

I was extremely reluctant to purchase an inflatable kayak, but after reading some reviews from others, we decided to give the Sea Eagle Fast Track 385's a chance.

I was pleasantly to find they tracked as well as our hard kayaks, were easy to paddle and were more comfortable. They weighed half of what the hard kayaks weighed and when we aren't using them, they stow nicely in one of our basement compartments.

If you get tired of carrying kayaks on the roof, you might want to give them a try.

Here is my blog link about our Sea Eagles. They have many different models. Some are inexpensive entry level kayaks, some are more expensive and more for people who do a lot of kayaking.

HERE

Sea Eagle 385 FT inflatable in basement. Secure out of the weather storage. Water ready in about 15 minutes. Almost four years old. Over 40,000 road miles, hundreds of nautical miles and still good as new.

We carry a Sea Eagle 370 that seats two. These are inflatable and it stores in a bag in a storage bay. Just inflate with a airbed inflator and you are in the water. We have a 34' Class A.

John, I don't tow or travel with boats of any kind. But, last year while I was in Arizona I seen a Class A that had 2 Kayaks mounted on the back of the RV the bow of both Kayaks were up above the roof line of the RV and rear of the Kayaks were pointed down toward the road surface near the hitch.

We carry a two person inflatable made by Aire. Great boats.

You can see them here (we have the Super Lynx model):

http://www.aire.com/aire/products/default.aspx?type=33

You should be able to carry on the fit at least with some creativity if not stock rack. Here is our BMW 323i convertible with our kayak a Malibu two person.

I'd be interested in seeing/hearing other ideas. My wife and I have a 13' tandem which we carry on top of my liberty pulling a popup, but in about a year we are looking at getting a class a, selling the liberty and pulling her honda fit. Obviously going to have to figure out someway of taking the kayak.

Don

We recently purchased a Wilderness tandem kayak and are having a blast with it. Honda makes a kayak roof rack for CR-V's and, aside from the tie-down straps being uselessly too short, it's working out well.

We aren't in a Class A, but we have a 5'er. We just invested in a SeaEagle 370, 3 person/650 lb limit. It's rated to Class III rapids, but I'm not sure I want to give that a test.

We use ours on mostly still water lakes or slightly flowing rivers.