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Re: Other: Kayak Storage
By:Will N to Go
Date: 4/29/2012, 2:56 pm
In Response To: Other: Kayak Storage *PIC* (Malcolm Schweizer)

Nice design, but you could save a lot of space with vertical posts gusseted with plywood or angle bracing.
Wind topple is affected by width of the bottom cross elements, weight (CG) and or anchoring.

Even just two 2 x4s would have the strength to stand up to most wind you're likely to encounter. (I live on an exposed hilltop, a couple of months ago we had 40-50 mph gusts. One knocked one end of my 80 pound Great Auk loose of its cradle. No damage.

You could also complete frame one end and insert one end into the frame.
(in fact with kayaks being in the range of 15-23' you could even frame in both ends and when storing a 'yak, just insert a few feet, swing the other end in, then walk back to reach the other cross element.
For the extreme case, you have a 15' and a large double, the bars would be about 14' apart, a 23 footer would have to inserted one end about 12' before you can swing the other end in...)

Where I've been ruinously lazy is in sun protection. A roll down tarp would be a useful addition.

Messages In This Thread

Other: Kayak Storage *PIC*
Malcolm Schweizer -- 4/23/2012, 11:09 pm
Re: Other: Kayak Storage
Malcolm Schweizer -- 4/23/2012, 11:28 pm
Re: Other: Kayak Storage *PIC*
Etienne Muller -- 4/24/2012, 4:54 am
Re: Other: Kayak Storage *PIC*
Etienne Muller -- 4/24/2012, 4:56 am
Re: Other: Kayak Storage
Malcolm Schweizer -- 4/24/2012, 8:37 am
Re: Other: Kayak Storage
Deano -- 4/26/2012, 4:15 pm
Re: Other: Kayak Storage
William Mayberry -- 4/24/2012, 11:36 pm
Re: Other: Kayak Storage
Etienne Muller -- 4/25/2012, 3:37 am
Re: Other: Kayak Storage
Kirk Fredericks -- 4/27/2012, 7:12 am
Re: Other: Kayak Storage *PIC*
Brian Nystrom -- 4/24/2012, 6:28 am
Re: Other: Kayak Storage
ancient kayaker -- 4/24/2012, 8:13 am
Re: Other: Kayak Storage
Malcolm Schweizer -- 4/24/2012, 8:41 am
Re: Other: Kayak Storage
Brian Nystrom -- 4/25/2012, 6:55 am
Re: Other: Kayak Storage - Anti Theft
Ken Blanton -- 4/25/2012, 5:16 pm
Re: Other: Kayak Storage - Anti Theft
dave g -- 4/25/2012, 8:30 pm
Re: Other: Kayak Storage - Anti Theft
Etienne Muller -- 4/26/2012, 3:52 am
Re: Other: Kayak Storage - Anti Theft
Kirk Fredericks -- 4/26/2012, 3:20 pm
Re: Other: Kayak Storage - Anti Theft
John Abercrombie -- 4/25/2012, 8:51 pm
Re: Other: Kayak Storage - Anti Theft
Joy -- 4/26/2012, 7:18 am
Re: Other: Kayak Storage
Dan -- 4/24/2012, 11:23 am
Re: Other: Kayak Storage
Malcolm Schweizer -- 4/24/2012, 11:31 am
Kayak Storage and Squirrel Damage
John Messinger -- 4/25/2012, 7:25 am
Re: Kayak Storage and Squirrel Damage
Malcolm Schweizer -- 4/25/2012, 8:05 am
Re: Other: Kayak Storage
Will N to Go -- 4/29/2012, 2:56 pm