kayak storage, to much time on my hands.

[Billy V]

If you store them upside down it won't deform the hull.
Better keep an eye on it.

[TT5150]

Originally Posted by Billy V

If you store them upside down it won't deform the hull.
Better keep an eye on it.

Say what???????? I never thought of that, should you always store them upside down? I am using a similar setup (92 is my brother, ) I didn't use wheels though mine sits on the ground and the top racks are my surfboards.

[Kesepton]

Originally Posted by TT5150

Say what???????? I never thought of that, should you always store them upside down? I am using a similar setup (92 is my brother, ) I didn't use wheels though mine sits on the ground and the top racks are my surfboards.

Yeah, and they can bow as well. I am not sure how bad it really is, but why not be safe? I think theres an article on here about storage.

[92yj]

well that's a good point. i think it will be ok because i put a center support on the top one, also i can flip them over if i need to. the orange one has a vary rigged center kill, so i don't think it will be a problem. but for the price of a new yak, i think i will just flip it over.

[ctrujillo]

store them on your rack upside down.made same type of rack last year and bowed bottom of my hull real bad.with the summer heat and no ventalation it caused dammage.i s*** my pants.luckily i left it in the sun and it popt back in place.i now store upside down and have no more problems

[old_rookie]

Nice set up. Was there a thread about storing kayaks with pics? I need to figure out how hoist mine up in the garage - and be sure it doesn't fall on the car.

[fongman]

Originally Posted by old_rookie

I need to figure out how hoist mine up in the garage - and be sure it doesn't fall on the car.

It's easy if your garage is not finished (drywalled). After you hoist it up, secure it with a safety rope. Cinch it down tight and it will take some of the load off the hoist straps/rope. btw, the Gorilla Rack has wheels so I can move it when I want to lower the sptw.

[dsafety]

Originally Posted by Billy V

If you store them upside down it won't deform the hull.
Better keep an eye on it.

Billy makes a good point. Sometimes I set my kayak on some saw horses outside when working on a project. After sitting in the sun for a few hours the plastic gets soft enough for the bottom of the hull to take the shape of the flat sawhorse making a big dent in the bottom of the hull.

So far my yak as always returned to the appropriate shape when it cools down. I suspect that this could become a real problem for those kayaks stored deck side up in the sun for weeks or months.

[jorluivil]

Originally Posted by Billy V

If you store them upside down it won't deform the hull.
Better keep an eye on it.

It's amazing how fast they can deform. One weekend I had my yak sitting on the cart/wheels for about 3-4 hours while I did some work to it. when I went to load the yak on my truck I noticed that one side of the yak was deformed, it was right in the area where the yak came to sit on the cart. I managed to fix it by cutting a small block of wood and jamming in on the inside of the hull, left it like that overnight and it was fine in the morning. It was a warm weekend when this happened so I'm sure this was a factor.

[Holy Mackerel]

Heat will also pop them back into shape. If your kayak is mis-shaped from sitting on sawhorses, then lay it upside down in the sun, it will return back to form. At least mine have, btw, I also store mine upside.

I made a rack out of 4" PVC, I'll try to post pics later.