[Don Froese]

• On the water at 8 or arriving at 8?

[Kylie Williams]

I’ll join you, Ted. Just checking… launch at 10, or arrive at 10?

[Ted Lam]

Join me for a short paddle from 10:00 to 3:00 pm. Launch and end at Locarno beach.

Wind: max at 10Nt-W. die down to 4Nt

Tide: Low at 2.9m -10:00am

Distance: 9km round trip.

[Don Froese]

Don and Lynda planning to join you

[Don Froese]

<li style=”text-align: left;”>Expensive but worth it. We finally bought ours after falling off a ladder loading boats. Wish we had bought them sooner! They made loading much faster, safer, and easier even for one person. You do need roof racks that extend past the side of the car. We take ours off when not using them.

[Ken Bigelow]

See everyone @ 8AM tomorrow

[Cynthia Materi]

This had been sold. Thanks.

[Darlene Brown]

Sounds great.  I’ll shake off more cobwebs and show up for that!  – Darlene B

[Kelly Robertson]

Hi Sue, I have had a hullavator for a few years and love it.  I mostly leave them on throughout the paddling season.  I do need to avoid underground parking as my car is often over height, depending on the garage.  I am able to install and uninstall the  hullavators by myself, but it is definitely awkward and much easier with two people.  If you purchase from Rack Stop in N Van, they will install or remove your racks seasonally as needed for no charge.  I’ve had really good service from them.  I can meet up with you if you want a demo to see if it works for you.

[Kylie Williams]

Hi Sue. I bought a hullavator recently from Rack Attack and it’s great. I can load and unload solo on a large SUV. Like Caity, my kayak isn’t super-light and I often kayak solo, so it makes a big difference. Also, the Rack Attack person who installed it gave me a tutorial on taking the hinged portion on and off – the pin problem mentioned above – and it’s tricky but doable. I recommend.

[Clark Perry-Bater]

Hi Sue,

My partner has a Hullavator on her car (a large SUV). She leaves the bars for the rack on the car year-round, but removes the hinged portion (that actually holds the kayak) when not carrying her kayak. We find it cumbersome/awkward to line up the holes in the rack and insert the pin that holds it all together before loading a boat. It’s almost a 2-person operation, although I’ve done it by myself once. I guess it depends on the height of the roof. A lower roof would make it easier.

Once the rack is all set up, it’s a piece of cake to lift the boat up onto the rack (you have to manoeuvre both front and back lifters together).

Hope that helps.

Clark

[Caity Milton]

Hi Sue, I bought the Thule Hullavator about 3 years ago and it was the best purchase ever! I’m short (5ft), single (which means a lot of solo paddling), and my kayak is heavy (55 lbs/25kg). It has allowed me to get out on the water more often while keeping me and my car safer from wonky fixed cradle manuvering 🙂 Cheers!

[Sue Johnson]

I am considering buying a hullavator.  Does anyone have experience or comments that you could pass on?  Thanks!

Sue J

[Cynthia Materi]

Jordan

John is trying it on tonight. I will let you know.
Cynthia

[Jordan Rosenfeld]

Hi Cynthia!  I’ll buy it if John doesn’t want it.  It’s easy to replace gaskets.

JORDAN 🙂

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