Hang an 18 from the ceiling?

Has anyone successfully hung an 18 from the ceiling of their garage for storage? How did you do it?

Anyone?


Bueller?

I'm not sure, give everyone a few days to get over the holiday rush and I'm sure you will get an answer! My 1st guess is you would need to support the hulls, like cross bars on a trailer, the hulls are bolted on, a strap across the hulls may cause to much inward pressure......I really don't know, hope someone else had an idea.

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I have hung both and H16 and H18 (at different times) from a garage ceiling. It just takes a little effort. Send me an email and I will go into detail there, as it will be a long post. hobienick at gmail dot com

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Previous boats owned
'74 Pearson 30
'84 H16
'82 H18 Magnum
St. Louis, MO

We put our new Tiger up on the ceiling and set it up so we could do this easily every winter. We have a loft above our garage bays designed for live loads so we have it pretty easy.
We purchased two worm drive, self locking, cable winches, about $50 each. We mounted them on a 2 X 12 board about a foot long with an elongated hole cut out so the cable could move back and forth on the barrel. We cut two holes in the loft floor above each of the cross beams and attached the cables to loops around the cross beams. The loops were tied tight to reduce the head space above the boat.
Then just winched it up!
Well, it will be that easy next year, there was a bit of a learning curve with the first time.
We didnt initial have the winches bolted down on the 2 X 12and once the boat started to come up the winch that takes most of the load wanted to tip forward it really needs the 'foot' (2 X 12) out front to react the load.
I have to admit i was really freaking as i was winching the boat. i thought the winch was just going to tip forward and flip around unwinding all the cable and drop my spanking new boat!
Once up to the ceiling we levelled it out with the rear winch and then put the 4 trailer cradles under it and tied them up to the loft floor joists (drilled holes through the joists to pass a line though) for backup protection. Wide strapping like hiking strap would also work for the round hulls of the H18 or Tiger.
With a Tiger - which would most likely also apply to an 18, you really only need one winch, the front one, because it does all the work. The rear cross beam could be pulled up with a rope.

Hope this helps because its a nice way to store your boat.

moyra

Since I have been asked about this a few times I decided to take the time to put together a paper on how I did this. It also includes some drawings to help clarify things. Please email me at hobienick at gmail dot com and I will send it to you.

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Current Boat
In the market
Previous boats owned
'74 Pearson 30
'84 H16
'82 H18 Magnum
St. Louis, MO

Guys:

I think Matt Bounds had a post on this with photos, but I can't find the link. May want to contact him.

Doug

Here is the link.

http://www.hobiecat.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=5599

Doug

Hobie Nick: if you're still out there, would you mind e-mailing me your how-to guide on this subject? ab@medjet dot net?

I e-mailed you but haven't heard back and wonder if you may have changed addresses?

thanks for the help!
Adam

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Far as I know, Hobie Nick got married and sold the boat, but hopefully he still browses here and will reply.

Nick, hope all is well
John

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Hobie Nick sent the plans to me, but they are on another computer. I'll send a copy to you when I get to it.

Yes Hobie Nick did sell his boat as a friend of mine was interested in getting into a 18 but it didn't pan out. I have not spoke to Hobie Nick via email in sometime. Last I did he is still involved in sailing in his area but on a larger monohull boat of some type.

If you can't find the plans, let me know and I'll make an attempt to email him.

t-bone

Skipshot/T-bone,

thanks for the help. I'm in MN and trying to get my boat out of the snow this winter so am really looking forward to getting any info I can...
adam

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skipshot,

Any luck in finding the info? Sorry to rush but Sept may seem like a long way from winter when you live in Oakland (I grew up in Stockton) but here in MN we could have snow in 6 weeks.... so am anxious to get started.

Thanks,
Adam

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Adam,

I'll send an email to Nick when I get home on Monday sometime. Assuming he still has the same email address I'll let you know what I find.

t-bone