SUP roof top carrier for the Lynx

Hi team lynx!

Has anyone tried using either the yakima SUPDawg or Thule SUP taxi xt to sue cure your Lynx to a roof rack ?

Looks like a real simple way of transporting the Lynx. Might even get two stacked ?

Even more simple. I use a pair of Thule Surf Pads

I tried the Yakima Supdawg. Didn’t work out for me…hull down was too wide for both crossbars and hull up I could only get one bar strapped down securely. The other bar being to narrow would either have the Lynx roll back up the roller or have the end cap holding the strap in pop out when wiggling it around. The end cap was press fit plastic so maybe epoxying it in or anchoring it to bar would solve this but for the price paid I do not want to modify it.

This was on a sedan with a fairly narrow crossbar spread though. I could see it working well if the spread was closer to 30”. Rollers were nice for sideloading and it gripped/cushioned well. I don’t think the strap length is long enough to hold 2 of them, though.

Here are some pics of where it was separating. Didn’t take too much effort to remove the end cap and strap once it came apart.

I'm using a Yakima Bigcatch and it holds the lynx pretty well.

I plan to transport my two Lynx using J-Hooks. Any suggestions for attaching bow and stern lines?

I use Yakima sweetrolls with a show boat 66 works great.

1.7$ pipe insulation foam from Home Depot and some industrial cable management Velcro roll to keep that pipe insulation material in place.

Looks ugly but it served me well.
Having velcro supplies right on my car has saved me many times when Mc-Givering something in the middle of nowhere.

I'm thinking that might not be an issue if the bars were wider on a wider roof. Thoughts?

Thanks for posting this. I just bought a Lynx today to take delivery next Friday as I don't have a roof rack or trailer suitable for transporting it. How wide were the rack crossbars? Thanks in advance for your help.

This is all great info. thanks everyone. i have Yakima racks with yakima "Deck Hands" on my double cab long bed tundra. the racks are installed on an ARE shell. the point of elaborating that is that sideloading is not an option. it's just too high in the air. with a step ladder and the tailgate down i mount the lynx easily from the back.

...which worked great with my previous kayak which had a standard hull. but, work really poorly with the lynx's flat hull. in addition, the guidance from hobie on the lynx is very clear about storing it upside down. so, do y'all have any guidance on yakima racks where you'd mount the lynx upside down from the back?