camp2canoe

Re noise: We've never found the noise of rain hitting the roof of our TM to be objectionable. Also, ours has never leaked.

With reference to carring your Wave on the roof of a TM, I wouldn't consider it. A Wave weighs about 245# and the TM roof isn't made to handle that type of load. The TM is designed to be very light in weight and you have to realize that the lightweight construction places certain limitations on the unit. We travel with two canoes which we carry on our TV, a Ford SuperCrew with a shell on the back. That being said, we do store both a canoe and a kayak on our TM in the garage and use 2X4s or foam cradles to spread the weight of the boats. I wouldn't try towing with anything on the roof of our TM and wouldn't want to drill holes in the roof for a rack in any event. - camp2canoe