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Achieving Rackage
Nov. 10th, 2010 08:39 pmSo, canoe storage. Canoe storage is going to become a problem now that I have two canoes and only one back porch. I need to deal with this problem so I can have my boatshop empty again so I can fill it up with another canoe.
Now canoes are picky about their storage. You can leave a canoe on the ground for a *little* while (a few days) without harm. But if you leave it upside down on the ground long term, bad things start happening. Moisture from the wet ground can degrade the wood of the canoe. Mice may nest in it (and can be destructive little devils.) The canoe can deform under its own, unevenly supported, weight.
If you leave the canoe right side up, rain can fall in it. A canoe can hold quite a bit of weight--when it's surrounded, every part of its hull evenly buoyed, by soft, yeilding water. On flat or lumpy ground, it doesn't take many inches of rain to seriously exceed its design parameters.
I now have a canoe rack.
Ice and snow can be a problem, but not in Tennessee so much, of course.
So the aim for storing a canoe is two fold. 1) evenly supported, with no extra weight involved 2) dry.
I've been storing Patience on the back porch (so mostly covered, which took care of "dry" to a first approximation) in her canoe crades (which took care of "evenly supported." However there isn't room for me to store Constance there the same way. So I had to take steps.
You will recall in our last episode, Steve and I cut notches in the 4 x 4 pieces that will become the uprights. 3 notches each for canoe supports, 1 notch each for crosspiece laps. Then I cut 6 end notches, but had 2 to go.
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Now canoes are picky about their storage. You can leave a canoe on the ground for a *little* while (a few days) without harm. But if you leave it upside down on the ground long term, bad things start happening. Moisture from the wet ground can degrade the wood of the canoe. Mice may nest in it (and can be destructive little devils.) The canoe can deform under its own, unevenly supported, weight.
If you leave the canoe right side up, rain can fall in it. A canoe can hold quite a bit of weight--when it's surrounded, every part of its hull evenly buoyed, by soft, yeilding water. On flat or lumpy ground, it doesn't take many inches of rain to seriously exceed its design parameters.
I now have a canoe rack.
Ice and snow can be a problem, but not in Tennessee so much, of course.
So the aim for storing a canoe is two fold. 1) evenly supported, with no extra weight involved 2) dry.
I've been storing Patience on the back porch (so mostly covered, which took care of "dry" to a first approximation) in her canoe crades (which took care of "evenly supported." However there isn't room for me to store Constance there the same way. So I had to take steps.
You will recall in our last episode, Steve and I cut notches in the 4 x 4 pieces that will become the uprights. 3 notches each for canoe supports, 1 notch each for crosspiece laps. Then I cut 6 end notches, but had 2 to go.
( Read more... )
