kayak storage, to much time on my hands. - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

jorluivil · 06-18-2010, 11:34 AM

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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 · 06-18-2010, 12:16 PM

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.

06-18-2010, 12:16 PM	#2
Holy Mackerel Señor member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 1,627	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.