Return to Hobie.com
Hobie Forums
It is currently Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:47 pm

All times are UTC - 8 hours [ DST ]




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 6 posts ] 
Author Message
 Post subject: Storing Tiger
PostPosted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 12:41 pm 
Offline
Site Rank - Captain

Joined: Fri Sep 26, 2003 3:58 pm
Posts: 100
Location: Ottawa, Canada
I am looking at storing my Tiger in an unheated building. Winters are long and I would like to have it inside.

Floor space is limited and so I was thinking about standing it up on one hull.

Does anyone have an opinion on this idea? Will it do structural damage to the boat?

I am not looking forward to disassembling the boat as it was a bear to put the tramp on.

Appreciate any thoughts.

_________________
Cheers
Alan


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 5:20 pm 
Offline
Site Rank - Old Salt

Joined: Tue May 27, 2003 3:16 pm
Posts: 302
Location: San Diego
If possible, try to support the boat by the x-bars rather than resting the hulls on a surface. Similar to what a lot of the tilt trailers do with Tornados if you've ever seen any of those.

_________________
Greg Thomas
Hobie Factory Team


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 10:01 am 
Offline
Site Rank - Old Salt

Joined: Thu Mar 25, 2004 5:39 pm
Posts: 433
Location: West Texas
Maybe you could build a rig out of some 2x4s and 4x4s to hold the boat off the floor but keep it horizontal? Then you could maintain the floor space you want and protect teh boat at the same time. :)

_________________
Warm regards,

Jim

Image


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 6:50 pm 
Offline
Site Rank - Captain

Joined: Tue Jan 25, 2005 8:28 am
Posts: 35
If the ceilings are REALLY high we hang alot of our boats in our bay, weve got a rowing shell and a 420 hung up there. Im not sure how much a tiger weighs but it must be pretty heavy so unless the ceiling is SERIOUSLY STURDY I wouldn't try it. Anything small that is my solution.

_________________
"I'm just tryin' to keep everything in balance, Woodrow. You do more work than you got to, so it's my obligation to do less." Augustus 'Gus' McCrae


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 9:22 pm 
Offline
Site Rank - Captain

Joined: Fri Sep 26, 2003 3:58 pm
Posts: 100
Location: Ottawa, Canada
What about standing it up on the sterns? Say putting each stern on a blanket which is folded till it is the size of the stern?

_________________
Cheers
Alan


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 10:04 am 
Offline
Site Rank - Old Salt

Joined: Fri Jul 15, 2005 10:43 am
Posts: 779
Location: St. Louis, MO
It's best to rest the boat on it's keels or using the cross bars. You paid lots of money for a Tiger, you want ot treat it nicly.

If you can rest it on it's sterns you have a high ceiling. I would hang it in slings that go under the hulls, 2 on each hull (fore and aft). If you hang it level the two ceiling joists will split the load. If you rig a simple block and tackle system you can raise and lower it with only two people. If you do this with teh hulls running parallel to the joists you could divide the weight between 4 of them.

I set this up in the boathouse of my sailing club in college. We were given some boats but had no more space left in the racks we normally used.

If you would like a more detailed description or a drawing of what I am thinking, et me know

_________________
Nick

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


Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 6 posts ] 

All times are UTC - 8 hours [ DST ]


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum

Jump to:  
cron
© Hobie Cat Company. All rights reserved.
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group