I wanted to keep the kayak from sliding on the roof rack, and I wanted to make it easier to tie down two kayaks--if I ever had a chance to do that--so I tried a modified bar on my Yakima rack.
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| The roof rack modified for the kayak. |
All of the wood is either fir or pine, some of which was already hanging around, and a couple of pieces from the cull bin at Home Depot. The horizontal pad is pipe insulation glued on with Goop; I don't expect this to last a long time, since the insulation isn't all that tough and the Goop-to-wood adhesion doesn't seem to be very good. The vertical pad--not really a pad, but a high-friction surface to make the kayak stay put--in the middle is rubber from an inner tube, glued on with Titebond II.
The two clips to the right of the vertical part are PVC conduit brackets, cut and then melted slightly with a heat gun, that ought to be able to clamp a one-piece paddle to the rack.
The thing on the left side is removable. It was meant to be a load stop, and to provide a place to wrap the lashing straps. I haven't used it yet, since I haven't come up with a convenient way to lock it onto the load bar.
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