Garage Racks for Canoes

[Brightraven]

I enjoy your comments sam. It looks to me like you are also clear about the type of paddle you like. I'm also a retired paddler that enjoys the personalities of different boats. 5 of the 7 in the pic have been on the water in the past week. Cheers!View attachment 146557

Gumpus, where did you get those wall racks for your canoes? My garage is getting very filled with 4 canoes on sawhorses and kayaks underneath the sawhorses or hanging from rafters...I'd like to get a system like the one you have in this photo...Thanks!

 

[LanceR]

@Brightraven,

There are lots of ideas around the internet for making or buying canoe/kayak storage. Here's a thread with some ideas and links to other boat storage threads...

Canoe storage stand/rack

I'm looking for ideas for storage of 3 canoes with a minimum footprint. Maybe wall mounted, possibly free standing. Solo canoe size so weight requirements are under 50 lbs each.

www.canoetripping.net

The one with the pipe sticking out of drilled holes in post #10 lends itself to padding it with hollow foam pipe insulation. Fast, inexpensive and flexible. What's not to like?


Lance

 

[gumpus]

Gumpus, where did you get those wall racks for your canoes? My garage is getting very filled with 4 canoes on sawhorses and kayaks underneath the sawhorses or hanging from rafters...I'd like to get a system like the one you have in this photo...Thanks!

The racks were built for me by a carpenter that probably spent too much time on the details. I think the key for the design is starting with a 2x4 or 2x2 anchored very securely to the wall. If I was going to DYI I'd pribably try to find a suitable design on YouTube that uses plastic plumbing tubing...or maybe just go with the design Lance posted.

 

[Brightraven]

The racks were built for me by a carpenter that probably spent too much time on the details. I think the key for the design is starting with a 2x4 or 2x2 anchored very securely to the wall. If I was going to DYI I'd pribably try to find a suitable design on YouTube that uses plastic plumbing tubing...or maybe just go with the design Lance posted.

Thank you!

 

[Brightraven]

@Brightraven,

There are lots of ideas around the internet for making or buying canoe/kayak storage. Here's a thread with some ideas and links to other boat storage threads...

Canoe storage stand/rack

I'm looking for ideas for storage of 3 canoes with a minimum footprint. Maybe wall mounted, possibly free standing. Solo canoe size so weight requirements are under 50 lbs each.

www.canoetripping.net

The one with the pipe sticking out of drilled holes in post #10 lends itself to padding it with hollow foam pipe insulation. Fast, inexpensive and flexible. What's not to like?


Lance

Thank you!

 

[yknpdlr]

I just had a large new garage built at camp last year with a wall of canoes on cedar post racks, made by the same local carpentry guys who make all of my camp inside furniture the same way. Since this photo I have installed a second set for canoes I have for now stored in another shed by the water in the summer. i also have a very high 12 foot ceiling pulley hand lift system for when I run out of wall space.

 

[Brightraven]

I just had a large new garage built at camp last year with a wall of canoes on cedar post racks, made by the same local crpentry guys who make all of my camp inside furniture the same way. Since this photo I have installed a second set for canoes I have for now stored in another shed by the water in the summer. i also have a very high 12 foot ceiling pulley hand lift system for when I run out of wall space.

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Very nice!

 

[yknpdlr]

built from this image

 

[Jmharrick]

I put up a rack in my garage with 2x4s and construction screws and it’s currently holding 3 canoes and around 180 lbs without issue. I built it so I could put a 4th canoe on small stands underneath it at ground level. It was cheap and easy and feels quite sturdy. I might have $100 in it.

 

[zekabl]

Just old 2x4 with GRK structural screws holding it together and to the wall.

 

[Robin]

I made mine from leftover 2x4’s, scrap plywood and leftover canvas. I just picked up 2 ash boards and a cherry fot gunnel material.

 

[recped]

I'd provide pictures of my first attempt at canoe racks but they are buried behind a bunch of canoes!

I used these supports attached to the concrete block wall of my garage. I used the 10" shelf brackets, they are obviously not long enough to support a canoe so I added square/rectangle steel tubing to extend them out to 3ft.

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