[Paddlewise] Rack Design, (was Risk Homeowhatsis)

At 21:44 11/9/99 EST, JSpinner_at_aol.com wrote:
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>    Does the canoe go on top as an umbrella or at the bottom as to 
> damn heavy to lift up? 

each boat gets progressively lighter... on the outside rack, 
one 17' aluminum barge on the bottom, then my "main" boat, at
a level i can pick it up solo, then 2 more 'yaks above it,
with the lightest at the top, strapped down tight, always, as
we had it blow off once, glad it was plastic!! inside the
garage, the heaviest canoe is on the bottom, then each boat
gets lighter, the higher it is... [we just found out last year
that garages were originally built for cars!! i always thought
since the were shiny and pretty much unbreakable, they could
be kept outside... imagine that!!]

mark
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