I'm in need of some kayak storage ideas. I'm moving in 2 weeks to an apartment without a garage so my 2 sea kayaks will be homeless. The landlord told me he had perfect spot for them in his barn and I was psyched and said I'd take the place. So I went over to see it yesterday and this perfect spot is 14 feet off the ground - I have no idea what he was thinking. The only ideas I have so far are either to hang them off the back of the barn with we strapping and cover them with a tarp, or to build some sort of small kayak shed with a tin cover (like 5'tall X 3' wide X 18' long). I'm hesitant to hang them off the barn as it looks rather exposed and I'm afraid they'd get too hot on sunny days (they're plastic) and end up looking like bananas. They're no way they can fit inside the apartment. Any ideas? I'm desperate. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Joe Brzoza wrote: > > I'm in need of some kayak storage ideas. I'm moving in 2 weeks to an > apartment without a garage so my 2 sea kayaks will be homeless. > > The landlord told me he had perfect spot for them in his barn and I was > psyched and said I'd take the place. So I went over to see it yesterday and > this perfect spot is 14 feet off the ground - I have no idea what he was > thinking. Is it possible to hang them from that spot 14 feet up and raise and lower them on pulleys? Maybe that is what he was thinking. Trouble is how to get up there to attach the hooks and pulleys. If you do go that route you may want to use the stretcher or hammock type holder for your kayaks that Gabriel Romeu uses in his cart arrangement. Basically the kayaks rest on the equivalent of emergency stretchers or canvas slings that support them over six feet or so of the kayak's length and thus avoids indenting the plastic if conditions get warm. > > The only ideas I have so far are either to hang them off the back of the > barn with we strapping and cover them with a tarp, or to build some sort of > small kayak shed with a tin cover (like 5'tall X 3' wide X 18' long). I'm > hesitant to hang them off the barn as it looks rather exposed and I'm afraid > they'd get too hot on sunny days (they're plastic) and end up looking like > bananas. Instead of building an elaborate shed, you could get away with creating a lean-to of canvas the length of the boats. You could place the boats on cradles alongside the barn and then nail a horizontal batten of wood to the side of the barn to hold the long side of a piece of canvas that is 6 feet by 20 feet. The canvas should protect the boats from the sun as well as from the weather. Instead of attaching cradles or brackets to the barn to hold the kayaks you could use Gabriel's rolling cart that holds at least two boats and gear. It can be rolled under the canvas lean-to to store the boats; when you are ready to cartop the kayaks just roll the cart with the kayaks on it to your car. I can't find his website right now but you can email him for it at romeug_at_erols.com for a description of the kayak storage cart. > > They're no way they can fit inside the apartment. > > Any ideas? I'm desperate. 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/ ***************************************************************************
At 03:15 PM 1/3/00 -0800, ralph diaz wrote: >Joe Brzoza wrote: >> >> I'm in need of some kayak storage ideas. I'm moving in 2 weeks to an >> apartment without a garage so my 2 sea kayaks will be homeless. >Instead of building an elaborate shed, you could get away with creating >a lean-to of canvas the length of the boats. That's what I did last winter. I build a rack for holding my touring boat, canoe, and ww kayak and placed it next to a six foot wood fence. I screwed in a few hooks at the top of the fence and then created a lean-to with several stakes in the ground and some rubber bungi cords. The snow slid off it easily with a sweep of a broom. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
ralph diaz wrote: The canvas should protect the boats from the sun > as well as from the weather. Instead of attaching cradles or brackets > to the barn to hold the kayaks you could use Gabriel's rolling cart that > holds at least two boats and gear. It can be rolled under the canvas > lean-to to store the boats; when you are ready to cartop the kayaks just > roll the cart with the kayaks on it to your car. I can't find his > website right now but you can email him for it at romeug_at_erols.com for a > description of the kayak storage cart. http://members.xoom.com/gabrielR/kayak/ My canvas slings are about 80"long and 24" wide to give some beam clearance as I used a door frame for the base. It would be relatively simple to extend the poles up, span rope as an x pattern between the posts, and drop one of those huge tarps from harbor freight over top. > > > > > They're no way they can fit inside the apartment. > > > > Any ideas? I'm desperate. > > ralph diaz -- : : Gabriel L Romeu : http://studiofurniture.com furniture from the workshop : http://members.xoom.com/gabrielR life as a tourist, daily journal : http://users.aol.com/romeugp paintings, photographs, etchings, objects *************************************************************************** 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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