I'm ready to purchase a new Wave, but delivering it to my country home in Ontario, Canada has always been a stumbling block to me. The closest Canadian dealer is 150 miles, and the closest U.S. dealer is about the same at 180 miles. I have a 2007 Hyundai Santa Fe with the standard roof rack. If I purchase a new Wave at one of these dealers, will I be able to secure the two hulls to the roof rack for transport? Do I have to upgrade to a different roof rack system? I have a trailer hitch, but it doesn't make any sense to buy a trailer for a one-way trip.

I provided some info in response to your identical post on the Hobie Forum. I'll clip my Hobie response below as well:
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You will have to check your owner's manual for the roof rack's rated capacity. The Wave manual states the following weights under the car-topping category:

• Two wave hulls - 160lbs
• Mast - 30 lbs
• Tramp and Xbars - 31 lbs
• Rudder assembly - 29 lbs
• Sail with battens - 12 lbs

(I'll leave it to you to tranaslate that to metric!)

The Xbars are at least 7 feet long, and the sail in the bag is about that long as well so if you don't have the interior capacity then they'll have to go up top as well.

I car top my Wave on the roof of a Chevy Astro van so the sails, Xbars and rudders easily fit inside the vehicle. I have backrests but they're too long and too strangely shaped to go inside so they have to go up top with the hulls and mast.

I place the hulls on crushable foam blocks that are kept in position by cutouts which align with the roof rack cross bars bars. I then cinch them down firmly and run lines from the front and back of each hull to the front and back of the vehicle for good measure. I got the tie downs and blocks at Mountain Equipment Co Op in Vancouver. It is kayacking stuff but it seems to work just fine on the Wave hulls.

Given the 13 foot hull length, you will probably want to have something in the neighbourhood of four feet ( 122 cm) between the rack bars if possible.

Your location says Toronto Canada. There is a dealer right in Toronto, and one up past Barrie. I live in Barrie, and I know that the dealer will deliver the boat if necessary.

I just moved from Toronto to east of Picton. I'm surprised that there is no dealer in Kingston, which is just 1 hr. away. I just bought the Santa Fe this week and I notice in the manual that I am not supposed to tow anything for the first 2,000km. I've decided to rent a cube van and pick it up myself in Toronto. Thanks for the help.

I ended up renting a 16' cube van and picked up the new Wave yesterday. Today is assembly day, and a trial sail if it doesn't rain.

Don't forget, the Wave North American Championships are coming at the end of this month at Put-in-Bay, Ohio.., very close to you.
see schedules at www.waveclass.org
Rick

Rick,

Thanks for the suggestion, but I think that I'll get oriented this summer. Perhaps next year, if it is close enough.