I live in a relatively small apartment and am ready to buy my first kayak (after having rented numerous times up until now!). There's not really enough room to store a 14' to 16' sea kayak in it unless I suspend it from the ceiling somehow. I know it's not advisable to suspend it from the grab loops; a kayak needs support throughout the entire hull. I'd prefer a non-folding kayak. I'm hoping for some brainstorming and ideas from other paddlers who have been in my situation before. If worse comes to worse, I can rent a storage bay somewhere, but I'd prefer to keep my kayak at home. Any ideas are greatly appreciated. Thanks, --Eric *************************************************************************** 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 08:23 PM 5/10/00 -0400, Eric Crampton wrote: >I live in a relatively small apartment and am ready to buy my first >kayak (after having rented numerous times up until now!). There's not >really enough room to store a 14' to 16' sea kayak in it unless I >suspend it from the ceiling somehow. I know it's not advisable to >suspend it from the grab loops; a kayak needs support throughout the >entire hull. I'd prefer a non-folding kayak. Support through the whole length is not especially necessary, especially for glass boats. Fairly wide support in the vicinity of the bulkheads is most common for kayak storage. Plastic boats are much more sensitive to inadequate support. >I'm hoping for some brainstorming and ideas from other paddlers who >have been in my situation before. If you have approval from your landlord to put some eyebolts in the rafters, working out an arrangement to suspend the kayak with straps under the hull wouldn't be too difficult. A block and tackle arrangement can be used to help lift it into place. Failing that, it might be possible to make some sort of a kayak stand out of 2x4s that would be free-standing. Exactly how would depend on the arrangement of your apartment. Another possibility would be to buy a Valley or NDK boat. All of these are available (at a fairly large extra cost) in a system that breaks down into three pieces. You bolt it together, using, I think, four bolts at each end. You'd have to see the Great River Outfitters catalog for details. >Any ideas are greatly appreciated. Hope this helps. -- Wes *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Where's ralph diaz? > I live in a relatively small apartment and am ready to buy my first > kayak (after having rented numerous times up until now!). There's not > really enough room to store a 14' to 16' sea kayak in it unless I > suspend it from the ceiling somehow. *************************************************************************** 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 09:04 AM 5/11/00 -0700, Sailboat Restorations, Inc. wrote: >Where's ralph diaz? Off on a three week trip somewhere. Spain, IIRC. -- Wes *************************************************************************** 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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