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My best results have been using a upright bar (yakima sells them) and loading kayaks on their sides.

but when transporting just one kayak I have always loaded it upside down, with the stern towards the front.
I do this to cut down on wind resistance.

I use Yakima round bars and usually set them ...

Upside down or right side up, just get as much flat boat on the bars as possible. If the bars are adjustable at all, move them as far apart as you can.

Okay, It looks like with the bars set so close together, I'll have to transport it upside down. The cross bars fit on the cockpit no problem so ...

Are you using bow and stern tie-downs as well? Without seeing your "rigging" I'm gonna try to make a few suggestions. Keep ropes/straps as close to the boat as possible, that is don't just go from the outside of the bars.
Maybe ditch the v-block?
14' on a subaru with short distance between bars ...

Got my kayak recently, and after two trips I can already identify a potential problem. I have factory crossbars on my Outback Sport. I use the v-shaped foam blocks to set my kayak in. In order to tighten the straps down well enough to keep the kayak from moving, the straps have to be too tight for ...

I say two years because that's likely when I'll be able to get a WW boat. I do, however, have a compulsory tendency to cut my estimations short due to impatience. I did accidentally upgrade the Ibis to a Journey when I went to Lewis and Clark during their sale. So I'll be sticking to touring ...

My first don't is, don't wait a couple of years to venture beyond calm waters if that is something you want to do. Life is too short! (If you totally prefer calm waters, that's a different deal.)

I say two years because that's likely when I'll be able to get a WW boat. I do, however, have a ...

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Thanks for helping me out yesterday. I'm excited about upgrading to the Journey.

I'm getting the notion I should always be very aware of trees.

I'd like to add, according to the ad I got in my email, this is for the remaining 2012 boats.

Thanks for the replies.

Don't think you know it all. Beginners tend to believe they are better than what they really are. Been there, done that.

It is possible to be somewhat informed without being overconfident (read; complacent). I belonged to a currach club when I lived in New Orleans in my ...

I'm new to the forums, so first hello. My name is Andy according to my friends. I'm relatively new to paddling aside from a handful of trips on an inflatable. This season will be my first in my very own, non-rental boat. I got a Jackson Ibis, and plan manily to stick to calm waters for the first ...