Boat Storage

I store my boats from the ceiling of my garage with a block and tackle system that cost about $50 to put together.

One end of the rope is tied off to an eyebolt mounted in a 50# sheetrock anchor. The rope runs down through a block and back up through a micro block. The rope continues along the ceiling to another micro block and down to another block, back up to another micro block and is then tied off to a 6" cleat. The system can easily lift the boat to the ceiling and makes a nice way to work on the boat at waist level when necessary. I sewed a loop from some 1" webbing I had left over from my car rack to insert around the boat at each end.

List of materials

(3)

#243 Micro blocks West Marine Model number 407379

$8.09

(50')

1/4" nylon yacht braid

.29/ft

(1)

6" Nylon Cleat

$3.00

(1)

Eyebolt (thread size to match the sheetrock anchor

.30

(13)

50 pound sheetrock anchors

$5.00

(2)

Carabiners

.89 ea.

(2)

Rope Blocks

$2.49 ea.

 

 

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