What kind of car/truck do you have?

On my Outback, I have 2 kinds... the J bars (by Malone), and the rollers and saddles (by Yakima).

I use the rollers with my fishing 'yak (Redfish)... as I can't really lift it to put it on J bars (just not good enough hand holds to lift it up and onto the J Bars). I like the rollers, as all I have to lift up is the front of teh boat and put it between teh rollers... then slide it up onto the car from the back of the boat.

Thule makes a J-bar like rack that rotates down the side of the car... I think it sits then about chest or gut high. Then it pushes up onto the roof, and the boat lays flat. (see it [url=http://www.thuleracks.com/thule/carrier_water1.asp:46ecd]here[/url:46ecd]).