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WIMike
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04/03/2018 08:36AM  
When storing a canoe or kayak with a hoist system is it better to have boat upside down or right side up or doesn't it matter? Thanks
 
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gymcoachdon
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04/03/2018 10:35AM  
I am interested in the responses. I rigged a pulley system with wide nylon straps to cradle the hull, and store it gunwales up. (This is in my garage) The advantage for me is that my paddles, pfd, etc., are stored in the canoe.
I am convinced that I am not causing any damage to the canoe this way.
 
04/03/2018 12:17PM  
Been storing on gunnels since my first canoe. More rigid support, less hull deforming, to my thought process anyway.

butthead
 
04/03/2018 03:32PM  
I use trapezes on pulleys for my spirit, stored gunwales down. Same thinking as Butthead.

A neighbor on my road who has a RX/PL3 canoe & also stores it in the garage has it hanging by one of its gunwales along the side of the garage. Gotta figure it'll deform at some point, it's just a plastic boat after all.

Haven't figured out how I'm going to store my next addition yet, once it comes home to roost, but I suspect it'll also be gunwales down.
 
04/26/2018 03:19PM  
If there is any chance of water entering canoe keep gunnels down
 
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