Canoe Rack?

[Hunter-LynchburgVa]

your factory roof rack rails will flex in the wind with a boat up there. for a sturdier mount go with yakima, thule, or just some gutter mounts and a 2x6. this jc whintney set up would be fine and much cheaper. also look on ebay for thule/yakima gutter mounts.

tying your boat on:

DO NOT USE BUNGEE CORDS, they are meant to stretch. that is the nature of their design, you do not want whatever holds your boat on your car to stretch. cam straps or rope are your best bet, ratchets if you have to (they tend to put too much pressure on the boat where the ratchet it and can chew up the side of the boat as well when twisting in the wind at speed)

also it is better to tie down your boat by looping the straps/rope around the bars and over the boat as opposed to going to the outside of the rack. the proper way i describe will not only hold your boat down onto the crossbars but it will also keep it from shifting side to side. if you want to be real cautious tie a bow line to keep the bow of the boat from scooping wind and flying off the top of your vehicle

jc whitney link


Hunter

 

[BruteXJ]

I agree, and was going to say something similar, but you can't really teach someone to tie down or tie knots on-line.

I prefer to leave it as: Push the boat and the Jeep moves first, it's ok.

 

[theschwarz1]

Well, I use bungies, but I only try to use the black rubber ones. THe other ones dont seem to have as much strength. Rope is good but if your boat shifts or settles or your rope stretches at all and gets slack in it, you may have a problem. Thats the only reason I like bungies is because they keep CONSTANT tension all the time. I make sure they are real tight and use a bow and stern bungie. THe setup in my above pictures was for short trips. I usually hook one one side and flip over the top and secure it on the other side. I do that twice at either end so that the bungies are pulling against themselves and have the canoe "wedged" or "trapped" in between.......wheew, thats alot of explaining for something that just takes a little common sense. Sorry