How to transport a kayak NOT!!!!

With the tail gate open, the back seat down on the passenger side, the passenger seat laid right back and the second occupant sitting behind the driver, I reckon they could have safely carried that kayak in the car legally with a few feet sticking out of the rear and a marker hung on it. Kids eh! :p
 
My son emigrated to Australia and came back to UK for a wedding. Returning to Oz, he decided to take two windsurfers, good, clear the garage a bit.
I was to take him to the airport. He didn't tell me but loaded the car himself. No roof rack, he strapped them to the roof and took the straps through the windows. Good thinking but now we can't open the doors, and I'm not climbing through the window.
We got there somehow and I expected the check in to refuse to take the boards but no problem, apparently it's common practice!
 
Dan Tribe said:
My son emigrated to Australia and came back to UK for a wedding. Returning to Oz, he decided to take two windsurfers, good, clear the garage a bit.
I was to take him to the airport. He didn't tell me but loaded the car himself. No roof rack, he strapped them to the roof and took the straps through the windows. Good thinking but now we can't open the doors, and I'm not climbing through the window.
We got there somehow and I expected the check in to refuse to take the boards but no problem, apparently it's common practice!
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How did they manage on the plane if the windows don't open?
 
Carrying windsurf boards on rental cars...


You should strap the boards to the roof with the doors open...standard practice with rental cars in the Canaries ( round the corner from the rental shop of course..)

Allegedly
 
wully1 said:
Carrying windsurf boards on rental cars...


You should strap the boards to the roof with the doors open...standard practice with rental cars in the Canaries ( round the corner from the rental shop of course..)

Allegedly
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That reminds me that some years ago a friend used to carry his big, heavy 15' Canadian canoe on the roof of his car with no roof rack.

His car was a quite dog-eared, far from new, Nissan Micra, and he wasn't bothered by dents and scratches, either in the roof or the sides/back/front of the car. He said that once you've got a few it saves worrying whether you'll get it clonked again in the supermarket, or wherever, and also deters thieves.

However, not long after he decided that what with the price of fuel rocketing, and the price of gas-guzzlers plummeting, if you were ever going to have a flash, thirsty car, now was the time. (Or was it just the usual mid-life crisis?) He suddenly went out and bought himself a pristine 4 litre, 6 cylinder Daimler Sovereign. He didn't carry his canoe on the roof of that!

At that time he did a fairly long commute, and I asked him if his commute was any faster in his Daimler. He said no: it actually took longer. "Why rush home' he said, 'when you car is more comfortable than your living room?'. :)
 
A mate and I once transported a kayak on our bikes, carrying it on our shoulders. Obviously, with safety in mind, we did so at 11 o'clock at night, when there'd be less traffic.
I was at the front, and it was going quite well until my friend decided to overtake me. Whilst going round a roundabout.
 
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Juan Twothree said:
A mate and I once transported a kayak on our bikes, carrying it on our shoulders. Obviously, with safety in mind, we did so at 11 o'clock at night, when there'd be less traffic.
I was at the front, and it was going quite well until he decided to overtake me. Whilst going round a roundabout.
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Finally, a use for a tandem. I knew there had to be one. :LOL:
 
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