|Given that the fiberglass used for most boats is fairly thin, wouldn't the shape |of the fiberglass eventually get distorted after months of storage (or less), |where the weight of the boat is supported by just two perhaps 1 inch-wide |straps? I'm thinking of using such a system, but my thought was to make a |couple of saddles using rectangular strips of canvas, each measuring perhaps a |foot wide and maybe 5 or 6 feet long. I would fasten each end of the canvas |strips around a one foot long steel rod, then tie a rope to the center of each |rod. Then the kayak would sit on nice one-foot wide supports. Does this sound |like overkill? My not very clever method of haning our kayaks from eye bolts. Nothing fancy at all. I tried the pulleys with my canoe but they left the boat hanging to low in the garage. Our kayaks are kevler, but I don't think it makes a difference compared to fiberglass, and our boats have been hanging with some retired 1 inch strapping we used to use to tied down the kayaks. No problems that I can see. My Old Town canoe which is made of Rolax(spelling boo boo) has been hanging on its side against the garage wall for a couple of years by rope. I don't see any problems with it either. Hope this helps... Dan McCarty *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Oct 17 1999 - 18:54:08 PDT
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