How To Tie A Kayak Onto A Roof Rack

Once your kayak is in place on the roof of your vehicle open all the doors of your car.

How to tie a kayak onto a roof rack.

Kayak roof rack step 1. Lay the straps over the roof rack bars. 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. 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.

Take the buckle of your cam strap and pass this over the top of your boat. 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 re loading the boat onto crossbars you might want to keep your kayak the right way up. To tie down a kayak place it right side up on your roof rack and center it.

Of course you will want to make sure the buckles on the end of the straps don t scratch your car door. 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.