We have all been there...choosing a new SUP so you head to the 3 closest stores that have SUPs to test out. You test all the boards you can from Nash-JP- Starboard-Fanatic and a couple of wild card boards just to be sure. You read 3000 posts on Seabreaze possibly more looking at every comparison known to man. After an exhaustive elimination process you finally realise you need 3 SUP?s possibly 4 in order to fully realise your true potential which in your mind lies somewhere between Mark Occhilupo and Kelly Slater. Sadly due to budgetary constraints you know you will have to compromise back to one. You finally make a decision and bring home your new pride and Joy that you are proudly showing to The Trouble and Strife - (The Good Lady Wife) and she says where are you going to put it? You say in the Dining room off course after all it?s a thing of wonder and Joy and that would be its rightful home. Unfortunately The Trouble and strife does not share your innate passion for the wonder and joy of your new SUP so she says get it out of here to the garage! So you march to the garage only to find it?s full of crap and other prized sporting equipment. You quickly realise there is no room in the garage the only spare space is the ceiling so you get to work on a SUP Hoist. The results below. Cheers oldboy.

Buy Short SUPs : shorter (<7'5") and lighter (<8kgs).
Instead on the car roof they will fit inside your car: better mileage and longer board life due to no vibrations (fatigue of board material on the car roof)

Glad to see I'm not the only one with not enough space in the garage. Mine currently has two old SUPs hanging from the roof, two new SUPs leaning against the workbench, three short(ish) surfboards standing in the corner, one longboard hanging above the back door, two sets of scuba gear in the shelves, two pushys (one above the other), four skateboards hanging on the wall, two cupboards full of wetties (both old and newish) and assorted other paraphernalia.

Any more and I won't fit the car...

By the way... your hanging system is similar to the one I did originally. I had to change as four boards was getting too heavy to lift without using the old block and tackle system they use on cranes

When my garage door opens it pivots up to the ceiling and slots in above the tail of the board.

You want to be very careful about what you put on racks above your car. If it can fall, it will. I have found that boards are not a problem (because they're big and are either in the rack or not), but smaller loose items (like kite pumps) most definitely are a problem. Fortunately they fall on the missus's car so that's ok.

Gorgo said...
When my garage door opens it pivots up to the ceiling and slots in above the tail of the board.

You want to be very careful about what you put on racks above your car. If it can fall, it will. I have found that boards are not a problem (because they're big and are either in the rack or not), but smaller loose items (like kite pumps) most definitely are a problem. Fortunately they fall on the missus's car so that's ok.

Hey Gorgo
Fortunately its not me car parked under the SUP (its the wife's car) and its usually in its big padded board bag just to be shore. So far so Good.
Cheers oldboy

Mahanumah said...
Glad to see I'm not the only one with not enough space in the garage. Mine currently has two old SUPs hanging from the roof, two new SUPs leaning against the workbench, three short(ish) surfboards standing in the corner, one longboard hanging above the back door, two sets of scuba gear in the shelves, two pushys (one above the other), four skateboards hanging on the wall, two cupboards full of wetties (both old and newish) and assorted other paraphernalia.

Any more and I won't fit the car...

By the way... your hanging system is similar to the one I did originally. I had to change as four boards was getting too heavy to lift without using the old block and tackle system they use on cranes

Hey Mahanumah
Your garage sounds just like mine. i need another double garage just for all the gear me and my 2 boys have and they are only young so its not looking good for the future as no doubt the boys will soon end up with there own boards soon then i will have go for the tipple stacker hoist. Thanks to CrispCritter he has got me sorted on an improvement.Cheers oldboy

North said...
That's awesome
I've been daydreaming about a similar system but in line with the cars. So I can just hoist it of and lower it straight back onto the roo of my car
But a few issues like the door coming up and being in the way etc is wher it's stopped. Thought about removing my ceiling or raising it but that's as far as the brainstorming has got so far.
Great to see you got the job done

Hey Noth
Yes when you are under the pump from the Trouble and Strife to get the job done one didn't stop to do any research as you can see from my drawing of the master plan. When my son said to me whats the plan Dad I said what plan son we don't need a plan we will just put it together on the fly you will see.....and sort of hope for the best. I get the feeling i should have ask all the Lads online at Seabreeze first. Surprising it actually works quite well so i thought i might as well post it just in case anyone else has been in the same Delmer as me. Thanks for your thoughts. Cheers oldboy