need to carry camping gear kayak canoe but have no 2005 Honda CRV roof rack

[cimba10]

I do not have a 2005 Honda CR-V roof rack of any kind currently. I do understand though that there are some aftermarket car rack companies make a roof rack system that will mount to points on the CR-V roof. I want to carry camping gear and a canoe and kayak and not sure what the best set up would be. Anyone else in a similar situation and found the answer?

[Sweet Rack Gurl]

Yeah you are right on the $$$ about those mounting points on the 2005 Honda CR-V. The Yakima Control Towers & Base Pads Complete Roof Rack Base System is designed to fit those points perfectly and is very quick to install. Make sure you get the set of four Yakima Landing Pads #8 (should be included with Control Towers roof rack system at most dealers). The Control Towers roof rack system includes four Control Towers, four #8 Landing Pads and a pair of cross bars. The 48 inch crossbars are the recommended length for the Honda CR-V roof.

I'd seriously consider a roof basket rack for carrying camping equipment, kayak and canoe. The Yakima MegaWarrior basket rack is probably the best choice too. It attaches directly to the Control Tower front and rear cross bars. An absolutely superb general purpose camping/cargo gear carrier. The optional MegaWarrior extension will also increase the basket carrying capacity by 40% too. Several other accessories such as basket stretch net, water-proof gear bag etc are also available.

The best part about this basket rack is that you can also attach a canoe and kayak rack directly to the integrated crossbars found on the MegaWarrior basket. That way you can combine your canoe and kayak and cargo/camping transport needs all into the MegaWarrior roof basket. Go with the Yakima Hull Raiser universal kayak rack. Attaches to the integrated cross bars on the MegaWarrior basket. HullRaiser carries your kayak using a j-cradle design, which also makes it very easy to load/unload a kayak. The j-cradle design also uses up a lot less crossbar space than other kayak racks so you have enough room to also carry a canoe at the same time on the Megawarrior basket crossbars. Then get the Yakima Gunwale Brackets canoe rack. Connects directly to the two integrated crossbars on the Megawarrior basket too. There are 4 Gunwale brackets included and two heavy-duty padded straps included also. For total safety you should also get a pair of Yakima bow/stern tie down straps to secure the front and rear of the canoe.