Tying Kayak To Roof

Load your kayak onto your roof rack with your padding in place on your crossbars or kayak carriers carefully lift your kayak and place it on top of the roof rack.

Tying kayak to roof.

The front of the kayak should be facing forward. Now get ready to place the kayak on the roof rack. Take the buckle of your cam strap and pass this over the top of your boat. Step 2 wrap one cam strap.

If you re loading the boat onto crossbars you might want to keep your kayak the right way up. Inflatable roof racks require a slightly different tie down procedure than hard and soft racks as they do not have fastening points to loop the straps through. Slide the kayak onto the roof rack with the cockpit facing upside down toward the roof of your car and center the cockpit of the kayak between the two bars of your car. To tie down a kayak place it right side up on your roof rack and center it.

Run 2 boat straps over the top of the kayak and them under the roof rack bars then bring the straps to the other side of the kayak and loop them under the roof rack bars on that side. If you are tying the kayak directly to the crossbars of the roof rack place the boat upside down on the rack. Placing a plastic boat hull side down can cause indentations and while they can be removed they will affect your boat s ability to track straight. Tie the straps down with cam buckles to secure the kayak.