on 4/4/06 12:11 AM, Joy Hecht at jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU wrote:

> Hi Zoltan,
>
> I was just rummaging around and came across a picture of Matilda with the
> kayak on the roof.  Not an exciting picture, but it does show how the racks
> and boat are placed relative to the poptop.  I was wrong about the front
> overhang - the boat goes as far as the bumper, not the front of the roof.
>
> The boat weighs 47 lbs, plus that other bag weighs maybe 10 lbs (it has wood
> paddles and a pole in it).  If your boats are plastic, they'll be heavier
> even if smaller.
>
> The picture is on the web at:
> http://www.joyhecht.net/professional/papers/Matilda-with-boat2.gif
>
>
 That's not a "boat", it's a yacht!  Here all this time I thot you were
wimping out in lifting the poptop w/ a little "play boat" kayak, not an
ocean going land shark! How many volks does it sleep?

grin,

Tom