Re: [Paddlewise] Storing plastic boats

Gabriel L Romeu wrote:
> 
> I made a cart on wheels with four vertical posts and attatched canvas
> hammocks on eye hooks to support three boats.  This seems to work fine.
> The hammock length extends beyond the bulkheads.


I am glad my fellow Latino friend Gabriel piped up on this.  Gabriel is
the creator of very imaginative furniture among other things and his
creativity has carried over to the kayak storage device he described all
too briefly above.  It is one of the cleverest things I have ever seen
in this regard.  By using what is basically a stretcher to hold his
plastic kayaks he distributes the weight of the entire boat on an area
of canvas that is roughly about 50 per cent (more or less) of the hull
surface.  This means no deformity, no stress on any part.  It would be
ideal for any kind of kayak from plastic through to folding.

Gabriel has the whole device on wheels.  So he can just wheel his boat
out his car.  Moreover in the base of the cart is a well that holds most
of his paddling gear.  That is one trip to the car with just about
everything.  I hope we can convince Gabriel to sketch his very simple
but elegant design and place it on his web site.  Next let's get him to
sketch his equally smart roof rack made of wooden A frames, would be the
best way to describe it.

ralph diaz 
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