One thing to keep in mind is the sun. Plastic boats that sit in the sun
in warm weather tend to deform. The good news is they'll pop back to
shape easy enough.

But you have to notice the deformation and rotate the yak so that spot
warms up and you just pop it back into shape.

With a rack of 30 boats, you may not notice one deforming. So I'd make
sure each yak is resting on it's strongest points. Maybe use some simple
foam blocks to evenly distribute the weight.

--
Matt Langenfeld
JEM Watercraft
http://www.jemwatercraft.com/


John/Charleston wrote:
I'm slated to build a kayak rack for a local resort and while we've
come up with a simple design that should be workable, I thought I'd
ask for ideas from anyone who's already thought this out. The rack
would need to store 30 or so boats of various styles. The current
plan is just a simple 20' long x 8' deep stand of 4x4's with
galvanized pipe crossbars to create bins. The pipes would be covered
with short cuts of pvc piping to give a roller effect as the kayaks
were being slid on/off the rack.
I am a carpenter and I have the building sense needed to make this
work well, I'm just looking for design tips that would be useful/fun
to incorporate.

Pics of existing systems would be great too!

Thanks,
John