For the sake of others that might be looking for some information on this in the future, I learned that Thule did not have a custom roof rack system capable of carrying kayaks in the way that I wanted (i.e. one cross bar in the front on the roof, and one in the back on the side rails). Yakima did, a...

After I posted I did see some other threads, which were helpful. Sounds like my best bet is to have one crossbar on the back rails and one on the front, as prathman suggested. Hopefully one of the local dealers can hook me up. Thanks!

Hi. I am a relatively new Vibe owner (5 months) and an even newer genvibe.com member (15 minutes). I am thinking of outfitting my Vibe to carry sea kayaks, but am wondering if the positioning of the roof rails at the end of the car will allow this with any degree of safety and security. Has anyone o...