My wife hated my canoe. Sold it and bought a used necky manitou II tandem for me and my daughter. Wife still likes her Wilderness 12' Pungo best. We carry both on the Exped roof on a pieced together used Thule rack and used Malone Gullwing cradles. The Necky is a little too big for the J-style cradles we tried.
As you can see I buy USED every chance I get. Around here there are always used boats on craigslist. Rack parts can be found on eBay and CL. I needed a way to be modular so I set up an old Jon boat trailer or accept the parts as well.
One day I'll sell the tandem, give my Pungo to Doodle, and I'll get back in my BOB (big Orange boat - necky elaho). It misses me.