...soft racks

Get a wagon That way all your gear can go inside

Hi Mike

I used soft racks (from goodtime) for over 3 years, they are ok, however they have a few issues,

1) you have to take them off when not using other wise if it rains the water is soaked along the strap and drips off the strap inside the car. Plus they look pretty ordinary.
2) you cant really load them up much other wise it presses down on your roof and can dent/scratch the roof of your car.
3) masts need to be in a bag other wise they rub on the paint work and ruin it. thats if you tie the mast down beside your board.
4) they are a pain to put on and off the car.

That all said, they are cheap for under $100 and allows you to go sailing in a small car. Personally I would suggest getting some proper racks, I paid about $250 for brand new Rhino Sports racks.

just my two cents

Hi all. I'm a yank, new to this board. I have this Riverside rack
http://www.islandsports.com/Itemdesc.asp?product=Kayak+Carrier+Kit&ic=127962&eq=&Tp=
which I bought with a lot of used items and haven't used on the car. However, since the rack I have been using for more than a decade needs to be seriously altered to carry a wide board, I'm thinking about using this when I pick up a new board. I'm wondering if this might be similar to your soft rack.

Just buy a van. Only loosers care about the looks of a car.

Realistically it is a device to get you from A to B. Get a practical car rather than a "trendy" one or you will be throwing away your money.

Chicks don't get turned on by cars, they get turned on by windsurfers. I find it hard now to get to the water because of all the groupies.

Get the most beaten up van you can find. Cheap as chips and cooler than a hotted up whipper snipper motored excel or gemini

If you dont get a wagon or a van get a hatch back, almost as good!
I can fit two boards 3 sails, 2 masts, a boom and everything else in mine. You just have to lay the seats down, not that good for passengers however.

Soft racks are good but as people have said they do scratch roofs and they are really annoying to fit every time you go for a sail, you would be best off getting a decent pair of streamlined roof racks if you want that fullly siiiiccckkk look on your new wheels and chicks really do get turned on by big exhaust it makes em go crazzzy, so get the biggest you can afford (dont worry if it fits or not)

i have one thing to add to this. BUY A VAN DUDE. i dont have my l's yet but i got myself a van its got the bad in the back n i can put sooo much gear under the bad and sleep ontop. now if u still can't pull chicks with a portable bed u got some serious problems.

you are sooo 80's md74.

internet killed the panelvanstar!

all I can say Greenleader is "Aus liebe zum automobil"

actually I think when I sold my panno, Aussie crawl "sons of beaches" cassette tape was jammed in the player.

Get softracks if you want to see your gear fly into the distance in your rear vision mirror.

Stop being a tosser and buy a cheap windsurfing-friendly car. Ideally a van.

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now if u still can't pull chicks with a portable bed u got some serious problems.

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Junior, my bet is that you're going to have serious problems.

Plus, Junior, they added a whole new chapter to the Kama Sutra based on the Hyundai Getz.

(27/10) PS yes, it is "Karma" WSguy.Thanks

hey if you ask me i reckon dis is the best way to go if u got a lot of gear and still want a really nice car that looks great (not that important i dun think).

Check out these pics:
- www.seabreeze.com.au/gallery/gallery.asp?imageid=2663
- www.seabreeze.com.au/gallery/gallery.asp?imageid=2661

This even has roof racks ontop of the trailer. Theres more pics to look at on one of those links.

Still if i was buying a car (not that i will be fora long time) i would get eitha a ute, station wagon or an old panel van.

at the moment my dad, bro and i carry all our gear on out ute which we built roof racks for that just slide in and out of the side of the tray painlessly. All boards go on the roof racks (can fit 4) and then all gear, sails, booms and everything go in the tray of the ute. We also gota dual cab ute, so we can still carry 5 people round if needed.

P.S: Crewman utes arnt the way to go i heard from a few people. to smaller cab. Just go somethin standered like Rodeo, Hilux, Courier, Triton something like dat.

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Originally posted by md74


I say bring back the panno, I had a HZ panno in the eighties, 253 V8 4 speed, what I would do to have that sweet set of wheels now, lived in it for 1 month with my girlfriend back then.

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boy you act like the panno is gone.....
mate get yourself a falcon XF or XD panno these are only around 16 to 20 odd years old and are reasonably cheap.Parts easy.or there is the more recent Xg i think only around 10 years old.
When I got mine [4 years ago] it was the only near current model traditional panel van shape that was available of the original surf van style.Mine's just had a new engine in it so it will go for many more years.
I can fit an actual longboard [320cm] in the rear over the passenger seat...sleep in it,and who knows what else.
The car I used before this was a Sunbeam Rapier coupe and before this was a 1958 Wolsely 1500 {morris major look a like]I carried my boards on top and layed the back seat down and slept with my legs in the boot.
In the 70/80/90s I used to van in a Morris Minor Panel van so if its not a vintage car or a true panno its not cool anyway.And I still have a goggomobil panel van and just sold my 3 wheeled Reliant panel van.

jap sedans dont cut it.

but if you like sedans I've got a morris minor for sale right now or maybe a goggomobil sedan....
that' be a good one for ya.. G.O.G.G.O

kana...dude type person
cool van man

I've driven a van (from Syd) to WA and back, down to Tassie and back, QLD and back, and 1 billion times up and down the nsw coast.
They're fine to drive. And my van is very basic. stop complaining girls!

you think a van is a hassle to drive but you're willing to tow some hunk of sh1t trailor all over the place?? crikey! you're asking for trouble.