Hey Dave,
: We don't have much of a winter in SoCal.

Well, at least it looks a little nicer in this pic!

: Well, I finally borrowed a camera and took some pictures of my roof rack. I
: have found it is easiest to lift my kayak by the coaming and load it onto
: the roof rack upside down from the side, so the cradles match the radiused
: deck.

Looks easy enough to make one... I suppose that you already had the bars, so that part of the design was probably simple enough... Looks good, though! How long have you been using it? Is it weathering/aging well?

cheers!
charles