I cannot help with roof racks but I have put some pictures of how my laser goes on the roof of my car. I also put pipe lagging on the roof bars to prevent rubbing on the boat, this also helps to keep the boat in place once on. I firstly put the boat on and I use webbing straps to secure the boat to the roof bars. Then I tie the spars onto the bottom of my trolley and then I put the inverted trolley on top of the boat and then tie that down. I also tie a rope from the gudgeons on the transom down to the towing eye on the car to prevent the boat slipping forward when the car stops. Hope that helps
Whilst at an open mtg at Whitstable (UK) in the 1950s, I remember seeing a Flying Dutchman, plus mast, arrive from Holland on top of a VW Beetle. Now that was a balancing act!
Whilst at an open mtg at Whitstable (UK) in the 1950s, I remember seeing a Flying Dutchman, plus mast, arrive from Holland on top of a VW Beetle. Now that was a balancing act!
Where was your camera phone when you needed it?!
If you are going to do what the kid in the pictures did, be careful because that will eventually wreck your laser, this is because it is balancing on only the centre area of your boat and every time you hit a bump, it will flew the boat in the aft and forward section because there is no support there, just like a see saw to an extent.
There will be long term damage though.
chill...
Its common sense, pressure on one pivot point in the middle, there will be long term damage, maybe not noticeable, but the boat will bounce back and fourth like a sea-saw to some extent no matter how well you tie down the bow or stern.