Kayaking with a motorhome
Hi, looking for some advice, we have a swift 530lp motorhome. I have recently taken up kayaking and just wondered how do others carry their kayaks on a coachbuilt motorhome? We don’t have a tow bar or bike ride but are open to suggestions, can anyone advise us please?
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I think you would be better off posting in the motorhome section of the discussion forum where others will see your post and give suggestions if they can.
Personally, I don’t think there’s an alternative to carrying them on the roof, which will very much depend on the construction of your MH, or to using a trailer.
Edit: Snap, Brue!😀
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A good quality inflatable one would seem to be the easy solution.
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Yes on our visits to Steamer Quay, Bristol and the Lakes etc inflatables are very popular, ideal solution and a much lighter weight to carry to launch ways. One good thing about boats without engines is the launching is usually free too. We originally intended to tow a boat with our motorhome but gave up.
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We have had a quality inflatable for a number of years ( just checked it is now 8yrs!!!). It is always carried in the caravan and is available whenever location and weather come together for an enjoyable paddle. It matters not if we don't use it unlike carrying a rigid canoe.
Carrying the paddleboard is more of a hassle as it partly fills the car boot, no great problem if I intend to use it but in the way if I don't.
Carrying the "toys" is one of the reasons we have not yet made the switch to a motorhome.
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We bought our rigid canoe off someone who had swopped from a caravan to a MH. They were finding it too difficult to put it onto MH roof. We sold it on a few years later. I would go down Mikey’s route now, a good quality inflatable. Depends of course on what sort of canoeing you do.
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Mikey, do you not use telescopic paddles?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/b/Telescopic-Canoeing-Kayaking-Paddles/87091/bn_18141470
Ignore post if you do.
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Might be easier to hire the kayak.
Like what I did when paddling the Colorado through the Grand Canyon and travelled by big silver bird.
That's me in Lava Falls in the image
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Great photo KS, you don’t look like a first timer😄
We used to hire a Canadian Canoe and do the River Fowey with our two dogs and a picnic. Boy did we get sunburnt if we weren’t careful, great fun though.
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Where we live we see folk with MHs carrying kayaks on the rear of the van.
They seem to have a kind of framework that the kayak stands up in, how its
attached I'm not sure but it seems to be fastened to the rear panel not towbar mounted.
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Paddling. I was the only paddler in the group that did paddle the whole river, 243 miles. The other paddlers sunbathed on the support rafts on the flat bits.
I only capsized (rolled up) once, just at the end of Mile 106.5 – Serpentine Rapid, that was a lazy mistake at the end of a hectic day.
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Yes there are a lot of systems, racks and trailers. As the OP is a motorhomer there might be some good suggestions on motorhome forums. We see a lot of groups on the coast and they tend to use roof racks and trailers but these are generally with panel vans etc which are a bit easier to access.
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