Will a 16' canoe fit on a roof rack?

[fender22]

Have a standard 1.5m roof rack on my defender. Just wondering has anyone any experience having a 16' canadian style canoe on the racks? I imagine there'd be some overhang. Would be around 30-40kgs so weight no problem

[DeeJay]

Should do.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/01/746.jpg

[weeds]

i have no problems

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/01/745.jpg

[CraigE]

Yeah it will no problems. Our 2 I generally have as far forward as possible and tie down to the bull bar as well.

[ant_schomacker]

What are you worried about??

I've done a trip with 2x 15 foot seakayaks on the roof of a suzi jimny :eek:

Tie them down well over the top, and then I also normally also tie down to bullbar / towbar as well. Also as seen in the pics, the canoe will be more secure and easier to tie down if you put it on upside down.

Ant

[vnx205]

The important thing is to tie down the bow and the stern.

I've safely carried a 21 ft double sea kayak that way on a Camry.

People carry 25 ft double kayaks on ordinary sedans with roughly the same roof bar spacing as yours.

[isuzurover]

I have carried 2 tandem kayaks on the roof for a ~500 km round trip, and a single tandem kayak for a ~1200 km round trip (as well as shorter trips). Both trips included plenty of 4x4ing.