JG992
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also be up for that... start a new job in May so no hols booked yet... but it'll be one of the first thing i do anyways 
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I'm interested but... my Roo has an elevating roof (so can't fit roof-bars) and no towbar so I have no means of transporting my eBay-bargain kayak at the moment....
I could be up for something more local though, once I've had a bit more practice
What kind of elevating roof? I fitted rails to my Autosleeper Trooper to carry boats.
JG992
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Kango i'm just about to move to Shrewsbury (just up the road) be quite happy for you to chuck your kayak in the back of my van if needed....
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Can I get away with the inflatable, or does the rigid have to come out to play in these areas suggested? Would prefer the inflatable, as the wife and dogs can go on the water.
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Like this.....
- thin fibreglass extending across almost the full width of the car with nothing to attach rails to!
NWPT
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Rails can be fitted to those types of roof, I had them fitted to a Reimo superflat elevating roof on my last van, a VW T5
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Rails were bonded and bolted through the roof, roof bars were then able to be fitter to the rails, A reimo dealer fitted the roof preparation rails
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lol i gotta tell you all the truth !! i haven't got a kayak at mo thats why i suggested in a couple of months, but i getting a 2seater inflatable(also for dogs and partner )and ease of fitting in van, capel curig or wherever we settle on will be suitable for inflatables(got to be ay it!!!!)
suggestions to places and times then i'll keep track and work it out so all interested will make it!! for a couple of suggestions ......say fri night to sun afternoon? and north wales? as i say round capel area? i live in wigan so i 2hrs away but will travel anywhere to have a piss up and laff.
i'm there in two weeks again so will have a real good look around for an area suitable or pub carpark.but please let me know any other areas.
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)suggestions to places and times then i'll keep track and work it out so all interested will make it!! for a couple of suggestions ......say fri night to sun afternoon? and north wales? as i say round capel area? i live in wigan so i 2hrs away but will travel anywhere to have a piss up and laff.
i'm there in two weeks again so will have a real good look around for an area suitable or pub carpark.but please let me know any other areas.
tony
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I'm interested but... my Roo has an elevating roof (so can't fit roof-bars) and no towbar so I have no means of transporting my eBay-bargain kayak at the moment....
I could be up for something more local though, once I've had a bit more practice
lol we can practice together!! regards your carrier, theres inflatable roofracks available @£40 but you could put them on your camper up to venue and then i doubt we be moving so once there strip off racks (2mins methinks, or 10secs with my knife
)and we padlock to our vans. pack away camp the vice versa when time to go home or you could take up the kind offer off jeff (jg)
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Confession time here, too.... I only collected my kayak this week so haven't quite thought through some of the logistics myself - eg how to transport it for non-local solo trips without the use of OH's car and roof-bars!!!!
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lol we can practice together!! regards your carrier, theres inflatable roofracks available @£40 but you could put them on your camper up to venue and then i doubt we be moving so once there strip off racks (2mins methinks, or 10secs with my knife
or you could take up the kind offer off jeff (jg)
Yup, there's quite a bit to think about. I also have a Renault Kangoo van with a few camping 'adaptations'. My overnight thoughts now are to look for a pair of cheapo 2nd-hand roofbars, fit them to the van and camp in that instead.
There are several launching spots on the Wye here in Ross but I'm waiting for a quiet weekday when I won't have an audience. I've done very little canoeing recently and still have vivid memories of a major capsize on the Wye near Monmouth. We sank (yes, really!) the hire canoe, had to retrieve it from the river bed and haul it up using ropes then we dragged it back along the Wye Valley Walk public footpath then, heads held high, paddled back the last few hundred yards!
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looks like were all gonna have some fun then lol, years since i kayaked/canoed
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Like this.....
- thin fibreglass extending across almost the full width of the car with nothing to attach rails to!
The lid on the trooper is pretty thin too. I used a full length alloy doubler bonded inside to beef it up. Added some extra latches to tie the roof down at the points where the rack goes.
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Gutted. Got my kayak out by the Leeds Liverpool Canal today. The 3 man kayak had been sent in error. Huge. More like an inflatable Canal Barge to be honest way too big for my needs....
Managed to speak to the vendor (forgot it was Sunday) who will arrange my 2 man to be delivered and this one collected.... Spindrift UK... fantastic customer service will buy from them again.....
So.... next weekend it is.... Canal first just to test it.....
Managed to speak to the vendor (forgot it was Sunday) who will arrange my 2 man to be delivered and this one collected.... Spindrift UK... fantastic customer service will buy from them again.....
So.... next weekend it is.... Canal first just to test it.....
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I will be like a duck to water!
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Ihope so because you'll probably have a crowd of spectators if you launch on Easter Sunday!
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Lol thanks for that Kango nothing like a bit of crowd pressure to ease the anxieties!