On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, Phil Huck wrote: > > > Using large 5-10 inch wide stirrups would be a > > great idea. I thought of doing this last night when I > > read Menards Sunday ad (hardware store) and saw that > > 4ft * 25 ft. sheets of burlap cloth are on sale for > > something like $5.00. One could take this cloth, cut > > in half lengthwise and then double it over once > > (2-ply). I would create a seam, and make this into a > > burlap hoop. Why not the widest band possible, i.e. a stretcher? The canvas portion is about 6.5 feet long and the wooden poles that run along each side give plenty of support. The stretcher is about 17 inches or so wide, more than enough to support a boat up its sides. Have one wooden side support hooked on pulleys a few inches from either end. Drop the stretcher to the ground. Center the boat on the canvas of the stretcher. Attach the other wooden side support to the lines the pulley lines and then raise to the ceiling. I would like to pretend it is an original idea but it is an offshoot of the one contributed by Gabriel Romeu awhile ago. His boat storage device is basically a long cart he can roll out to his car and drop the boat directly on. Its boat support consists of a long piece of canvas that resembles a stretcher only it is support at four ends by upright posts. The cart is about four or five feet high by about 2 feet wide and six feet long. It is all on wheels and the lower part of the cart is basically an open bin into which to toss paddling gear such as PFDs, paddles etc. He then rolls it back into his garage. The virtue of a stretcher or Gabriel's chariot is that your boat gets a wide amount of support that conforms to its hull shape. ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Oct 18 1999 - 12:04:15 PDT
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