Rope Recommendations

Time to replace some cordage for suspending canoes from the ceiling of my garage and the lacing of my canoe trailer. I also need some for a camp tarp ridge line. Weather resilience, strength and lack of stretch are important. Any thoughts on what I should look for and where to look?

I use a canoe/kayak hoist. I bought mine from Amazon.

Black_Fly said:

cordage for suspending canoes from the ceiling of my garage

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I use flat straps with snap hooks as shown below. Round ropes will occasionally leave bumps in wooden rails.

Benson

I use this custom made wall rack in my lake camp garage. Made by a small company that also mskes rustic cedar furniture.




Second rack filled & ready for winter storage


Plus one on the ceiling with a home made lift


Plus three more on ceiling lifts in the garage at home (no image)

Wish I had that room. I’m using pulleys on eyehooks. The cheap hardware store rope crumbles over time. I’ve bought good rope online before, but it’s a crapshoot. I’ve got 100s of feet that wasn’t fit for the purpose it was purchased for, although I need to see what’s in that trunk. Might do for the canoe hoists.

For everything that you've mentioned, except hanging in the garage, I use paracord. It's cheap, doesn't stretch much and seems really durable. Also comes in varying thicknesses for higher strength or easier knot tying.

For hanging, I've been using Harbor Freight bicycle lifts (replace the bike hooks with loops of webbing) and they work really well. I throw away the rope they come with and use thicker poly ropes for that application. If interested, I'll try to get a couple if pictures tonight (need to hang the Raven anyway... I guess I'm done for the year)

For tarp ridge lines, I use 6mm static cord, which has a tensile strength of around 700 lb. The benefit of static cord vs paracord is that static cord does not stretch.

I read an article about small rodents chewing on synthetic ropes and actually downing hanging canoes. So although I have a pulley system to get the canoe up, I use chain for the boat to sit on.



For ridgelines I almost always go to "Zing It" , which is a dynema cord ... nothing stronger or lighter is available. It is pretty widely available, this is one of the suppliers I use



Brian

Cruiser said:

I read an article about small rodents chewing on synthetic ropes and actually downing hanging canoes. So although I have a pulley system to get the canoe up, I use chain for the boat to sit on.

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For ridgelines I almost always go to "Zing It" , which is a dynema cord ... nothing stronger or lighter is available. It is pretty widely available, this is one of the suppliers I use

Samson Zing It Rope (25 Feet) | DutchWare Gear

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Brian

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That’s what I built in Wisconsin. A little more involved at home with drywall walls and no space in the garage, but definitely easier to load, unload.