One question that occurs to me regarding the clever ways people store their kayaks using pulley systems: 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? Evan Woodinville, WA *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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