I've been designing a system for the new 14' Starboard Surf Race that will lower one end to slide the board in, and then pulley up to sit pretty close to the ceiling. I wanted some feedback on the design, see if anyone can see any potential issue. I plan on padding all the relevant bits, and have rollers built-in. The frame I am going to make from aluminium for weight, and the nose-end is going to be fixed-height, but pivot.
Part of the reason is that there is not much room to do a wall-rack, and my wife's car is pretty much ALWAYS in the way when I need access to the board, so this was the idea. Also the garage roller door is in the way so I cannot easily just slip it into a fixed rack.