Tying A Canoe To A Roof Rack

The easiest way is with the help of a friend.

Tying a canoe to a roof rack.

If you can depress the roof with your hand don t put the foam block there. If you are tying the kayak directly to the crossbars of the roof rack place the boat upside down on the rack. You can use cam buckle straps or ropes. Run one of the straps over your kayak and loop it under a roof rack bar.

Tie down a kayak. Put a kayak on a vehicle. If you re loading the boat onto crossbars you might want to keep your kayak the right way up. It also reduces the risk of damaging your vehicle.

Tie your canoe across the centre where it is supported by the rack or foam blocks. Placing a plastic boat hull side down can cause indentations and while they can be removed they will affect your boat s ability to track straight. You should be looping the bare end of the strap under the roof rack bar. Using cam straps is the simplest and fastest way to secure the boat.

Mount the foam pads onto your canoe mount the canoe onto your crossbars crossbar pads wrap around your crossbars and allow you to safely transport gear on your roof rack without a standard carrier. To install wrap the pads around your crossbars and secure in place. Position your canoe so that the yoke or middle thwart is equi distant between the contact points with the car. In this video i demonstrate how to tie a canoe to a vehicle under two very different scenarios.

A roof rack is ideal as it provides the most secure tie down. Load your kayak onto your roof rack with your padding in place on your crossbars or kayak carriers carefully lift your kayak and place it on top of the roof rack. How to tie down a canoe to a roof rack. If you don t have a roof rack there are still other options out there for you.

Leave the end of the strap with the cam buckle attached hanging on the other side of the car. If your vehicle has a roof rack you have one of the best situations for tying down a canoe.