Re: [Paddlewise] kayak storing - wall straps

Paddlers -
For years i stored three touring kayaks in commercialy made and available nylon strap designed to store kayaks. i used a "hook bolt" placed into a verticle stud in the garage wall for each strap. Measure and measure again so the straps hang at an appropriate distance between each other to hold your kayaks. My kayaks were of three different lengths. [Now measure again].
i purchased my straps from a local kayak outfitter/dealer.
Wall attachement was secure and works well.
John
Petaluma, CA

--- On Mon, 6/23/08, Joe P. <jpylka_at_earthlink.net> wrote:

From: Joe P. <jpylka_at_earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] kayak storing
To: "Craig Jungers" <crjungers_at_gmail.com>
Cc: paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net
Date: Monday, June 23, 2008, 10:29 AM

-- I may have misdescribed that a little:  The webbing was not looped around the
kayak at the ends, but a foot or three in, where the chines were relatively
flat.  So the webbing won't slide off the end of the boat, and I think it
would have been a stronger aspect of the boat.  Being against a wall would help
keep the boat from flexing in the wrong directions, too...
Joe P.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Craig Jungers>
>I have a shop with a lot of vertical clearance that will easily allow me to
>suspend kayaks vertically. I've been somewhat reluctant to do this
because
>I'm not sure of the stresses. I'm pretty sure that just hanging
them from
>their sterns or bows will not work very well so I've considered a
"bow rest"
>situation but haven't actually come up with a suitable design that
doesn't
>require a separate "shelf" for each kayak.
>
>Maybe I have too many kayaks........ nahhhhhhhh.
     That's not possible.
>
>>On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 7:45 AM, Joe P. <jpylka_at_earthlink.net>
wrote:
>
>>     I don't have pictures but years ago I stored WW kayaks on the
wall of
>> the garage.  Two Big nails into the studs for either end.  
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