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[Ted]

When we had our Hawk we occasionally carried my 12' kayak and my wife's 10' kayak. For mine I used an extension bar on the front rack. Stood the kayak on its rear with the bow leaning against the extended bar. Set up a six foot ladder by the rear of the camper. Picked up the rear of the kayak, climbed the ladder, and set the rear in the Malone cradle. Then moved the ladder to the front bar and moved the front of the kayak into the front cradle. Reversed it to remove the kayak. Your kayak is much longer but the process should still work.

[bike4mee]

We take our 2 12.5' kayaks to baja every year. It takes 2 to load them using the scissor stairs and a small step ladder. It works OK. It would be nice to have a loader but that's more weight on top. We crank the roof up with a speaker stand crank.