Picking up my new Oasis.

We prefer to get into the Oasis in knee deep water. I hold the yak until my wife gets in, and then I step over and into it with a little shove off. As soon as the water is deep enough, my wife starts to pedal, and I drop the rudder and then pedal my Mirage.

When my wife is cleared by her surgeon to go yakking, we will try your system.

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2009 Oasis
2012 Freedom Hawk Pathfinder

No. I haven't seen that one before.
I've tried to get more info on the modified C-Tug cart I saw but can't find any on the net. I'll be visiting that store again soon and will try to get more details on what it is.

It's as simple as it looks: Notice the right hand simply holds the boat against the right leg, which supports and stabilizes it:


I noticed that most SIK users get in that way. When they transition to a SOT kayak they do the same thing. Of course, there is no wrong way to mount your kayak as long as it works for you, but it's so much easier to back up to the boat and drop your butt right in, then swing your legs over. You can get out by reversing the procedure, but just have to remember to make sure your weight is centered over your feet before leaving the boat (or you can end up sitting in the water).

For transportation on the roof of my car, I prefer to load my Oasis upside down (on the gunwales) on Yakima gunwale rack mounts. I tried the saddles and noticed that they were digging into the kayak on long trips. It's also much more stable upside down as there's literally nowhere for the kayak to move laterally. Obviously, you can't have stuff in in when you flip it.

This is a pic of my Revo 11 on the top of the car, but the Oasis loads the same way, it just sticks out farther.

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2011 Oasis - Lunalilo Express
2012 Revo 11 - Lunalilo

Here is a bad pic I took with my phone but you get the idea. It looks like a C-Tug frame but with a better cradle system. I'm not sure if it's a Chinese knock off but if I didn't already have the C-Tug I would have bought it!
It's given me an idea though to mount cradles to the C-Tug.