Re: [Paddlewise] Kayak Storage

Donna,

While I haven't seen anything commercially marketed, I made one myself for
an earlier house. I know you could find all the stuff in an easy to
use/assemble format at a sailboat shop or a hardware place that caters to
boaters. I'd envision a pulley at each end with a carbiner or other clip on
each end. The lines on the pulleys would both going to either a cleat for
tie off (and then a strap between two hooks across the middle for insurance
and to support the middle of the boat when it's just hanging) or a pulley at
each end going to a ratcheting crank of the type they use on boat trailers
or sailboats. Either one would make it easy to take on and off of the roof
rack, provided the car with the boat on top can get through the door itself.

Good luck - Saul

At 03:24 PM 6/7/98 -0400, D.R. Ferron wrote:
>I'm in the process of building a house.  I'd like to try to trade the
>standard automatic garage door opener that the builder includes for some
>kind of  kayak storage system.
>
>Is there a system that will allow me to store my kayak from the garage
>ceiling but get it up there with a series of pulleys? I suppose I could
>rig something up myself if there isn't a commercial system.
>
>Thanks, Donna
>
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