robster wrote:
hello kinghong1970
sorry to hijack your thread but...
I am planning to get me a pro angler 12 to use next summer, my only concern is my height. im 5´6" so if you dont have any problems i should be safe i hope. To demo one would be the best but i got 405 miles to the nearest hobiedealer
As you did i am planning to cartop it, but on a volvo v70. It isnt that tall, but reading your experience i might need to reconsider.
Edit: to clearify my concerns about my height. Will i at 5'6" be able to reach and use the mirage drive efficiently?
@robster, no worries bro... hijack away!
and yes, if a 5'4" can pedal away... so can you!
even my 9 year old did it... of course, sitting at the edge of the seat...
btw, dunno where you are but some places display the yaks and you can sit in and see how it feels, reach etc...
have to admit... did take some getting used to... for some reason, when you associate pedal to feet, you're automatically thinking bicycling... not back and forth... but dang, was a lot of fun for all...
@rmi63,
thanks for sharing that pic...
i guess i went with the wrong rack...
see, my yakima cross bars and hully roller position lands right where the cross bars meet the factory roof rails on my FJ and so the rear section of the boat, the hully roller does nothing to stabilize it in the middle.
your rack system attaches to the middle of your roof cross bars, freeing up enough room right and left of the upper cross and hence, keeping the boat in the middle.
i've ordered a yakima drydock and going to try it out again to roof top it... and if all else fails, then i'll resort to trailer.