dorienc wrote:
I used to hang my H-17 from the garage ceiling and store the trailer beside the garage in the winter. In the summer, the boat was still hoisted, with the trailer under the boat pushed all the way back in the garage, because my garage isn't long enough to hold the boat on the trailer.
With the boat on the trailer, hoisting them both, you'll need a good mechanical advantage system. I don't remember what I used for just the boat, maybe a 2:1 block arrangement at all 4 corners. While I could lift the entire boat at once, it was easier to lift the front, then the back.
You'll probably want a 4:1 or even a 6:1. Make sure there's clearance for the garage door.
You could use an electric winch too.
Another idea that occurs to me, is something like a dry land boat lift, so you are lifting it up instead of hoisting it.
Yeah I was thinking about that too. I'm not sure the total ceiling height lift but maybe this is the perfect time to get a car lift. Great for Hobie storage and a dream when I need to do maintenance on the cars.
fusioneng wrote:
My brother in law has a barn and stores stuff in the upper level. He bought a cheap harbor freight winch and built a platform to place his stuff on, then hoists the whole works up and unloads it. In your case place the boat on the platform the hoist the whole works up with the hobie on the platform. Might be quicker to load/unload and you my use the boat more.
I made a manual block and tackle system with slings to hoist our kayaks up to the cieling for winter storage. It was such a pain to get the boats up there I only used it once. Whatever you do it needs to be simple fast and easy, if it's a pain, you won't use it very much. I found that out the hard way.
Bob
Yeah that's what I'm afraid of. I had the manual block for the canoe as well and like you said...it's work to use.
greensnopro wrote:
Keep the Hobie!! rent storage? or hang it like you said,
Do it like a teeter totter on the playground, but with the pivot on one end, pull it up the angle then hoist the low end up.
It would take some engineering but I could see it working.
I can't wrap my head around paying for storage. It would probably just be cheaper to rent a boat then pay $100+ a month to store it. If it was mast up storage I would consider it, but I would have to find a place to store the trailer in that case.
Regarding the teeter totter....I was thinking about that too. Do you mean standing it up on one side/hull? I wonder if that kind of pressure would cause damage to trailer wheel bearings or the hull/hull pylons.