Bill Nikolaou

Water Sports Editor

7 years guiding kayak tours on Lake Superior

Seven years guiding kayak tours on Lake Superior taught me one thing the hard way: a bad rack can ruin a great trip. I've loaded and unloaded hundreds of boats in every weather the Great Lakes can throw at a dawn departure. I write about water-sport carriers because I learned the hard way which ones you can trust at highway speed and which ones you cannot.