Bill Said I have 3 sea kayaks hanging in my >garage. Since it's **my** garage, I just drilled holes for about 10 cheap >eye >screw-ins (some of the screw eyes can be shared by two boats) from the >local >hardware store. It's very easy to raise and lower the boats using these. >The >lines are anchored to two screw eyes on one side of the boat, one at bow >and >the other at stern. A 3/8 or 1/2 inch line then goes under the boat between >each of these pairs. The "free" end of the lines go up to the pair of screw >eyes on the opposite side of the boat. The lines are tied to themselves, >using simple overhand knots, 2-3 throws each tie. > that similar to what I do now-its nice because I can hoist the boat up into the garage loft to get it out of the way. The other ones are in more simple slings-no pulleys or anything. I really don't think the landlord would be happy about any drilling whatsoever, so I'm also wondering how easy it is to fill the holes back in with spakcle or whatever once I move out again. I hink I need another recon visit... *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Allison Corning wrote: > > Bill Said > > I have 3 sea kayaks hanging in my garage. Since it's **my** garage, I just > > drilled holes for about 10 cheap eye screw-ins [snip] > > that similar to what I do now-its nice because I can hoist the boat up into > the garage loft to get it out of the way. The other ones are in more simple > slings-no pulleys or anything. I really don't think the landlord would be > happy about any drilling whatsoever, so I'm also wondering how easy it is to > fill the holes back in with spakcle or whatever once I move out again. I > think I need another recon visit... This is easy to do. Get a stud-finder (hardware store item -- or borrow from a carpenter friend) and locate the stud pattern (usually 16-inch centers). Pick a stud location for a screweye. With a **small** finishing nail, penetrate the drywall (several times) where you want a screweye so you know where the **center** of the stud is. Drill hole for screweye. I recommend you use 1/4 inch diameter hardware for the screweye -- will hold your weight if needed! When you leave the apt, just fill the holes with vinyl spackle (comes premixed) and blend the surface with a damp sponge. Make a second application and blend again for deep or larger holes. Go to the hardware store with a scrap of paint from a section of the apt wall that is unobtrusive. They have computer color-matching setups there which will make a **perfect** match, and you can get a quart of paint to cover the little vinyl spackle marks. The landlord will never know. (Mine would not, except he made an inspection. Good thing he was a sea captain. He said, "Kewl!" when he saw my three sea kayaks hanging from the ceiling and walls. The property manager, who was along on the inspection visit, was apoplectic!) -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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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