Show us pictures of your canoe vehicle with boat(s)

[Roybrew]

I guess that's pretty typical for a Subaru.

 

[TXRiverRunner]

My latest stripper build, from last year.

What a beautiful canoe!

 

[Keeled Over]

 

[Keeled Over]

Ok, here is the real one. Sorting gear in the rain at Fort William Historical Park. Thank you Deerfoot for the intel.

 

[FloridaJohn]

My 2018 Tesla Model 3. Details in this thread.

 

[Glenn MacGrady]

My 2018 Tesla Model 3. Details in this thread.

Nice color match.

 

[DaleS]

2004 Chevy Van and a 1986 Curtis Northstar

 

[Sliding Focus]

Yesterday, with my grandfather's help (and tools), I made myself a set of long (72") crossbars so that I can carry two canoes on my car. Thanks again @Tsuga8, @Alan Gage, and @Alien Legs for your advice on DIY-ing these! I ended up using 2×4s, and I attached them to my Outback’s roof rails with U-bolts very much like @Tsuga8 does. Here’s a photo from my first road trip with the new two-canoe rig yesterday evening:



The Kevlar canoe behind my Indy is a Wenonah Odyssey that I bought from @yellowcanoe when I visited a friend in Maine this spring—my first tandem canoe of my own! Here’s a photo of it on my car from the day I brought it home:

 

[Tsuga8]

Glad my advice was helpful and you're now fully outfitted for multi-boat tripping!

 

[Johnny 5]

 

[Tryin']

My son's first vehicle. Tripping machine, lol




The 76" Yakima bars will easily handle side by side Prospector hulls.

 

[Gamma1214]

That looks a lot like @PaddlingPitt's. I hope it serves him as well as Michael & Kathleen's did.

 

[Glenn MacGrady]

My son's first vehicle. Tripping machine, lol

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The 76" Yakima bars will easily handle side by side Prospector hulls.

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As shown in my OP of this thread, I've used a full size van conversion as my canoe vehicle since the mid-1980s. In my second one, my 1997 Dodge Ram Van, I removed the two center seats, sleep on the back fold-down couch, and have a lot of room behind the front seats to cook and camp in. No need to set up tents in the rain or get exposed to bugs.

 

[Robin]

Northern Maine, 16’ Chestnut Cruiser on a 83 Chevy (k20)

 

[Woodpuppy]

Northern Maine, 16’ Chestnut Cruiser on a 83 Chevy (k20)

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Now that’s a truck.

 

[Roybrew]

Northern Maine, 16’ Chestnut Cruiser on a 83 Chevy (k20)

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Is that the same canvas canoe you've used in a lot of your videos? I love the truck also.

 

[Robin]

Is that the same canvas canoe you've used in a lot of your videos? I love the truck also.

Yes, it is. I used to use a 15’ green Chestnut Chum, great little canoe, but I found the 16’ Cruiser to be more of an all round canoe for my needs. It handles the canvas tent outfit well and I have a nice 14’ Chestnut Fox replica for lighter outfits.

 

[Blukanu]

 

[Woodpuppy]

Got both vehicles and canoes in the garage. Had to climb out the back of the 4Runner!

 

[ppine]

I hauled my OT Guide 18 around for 35 years on a canoe trailer.