My 7 yr old and I took the canoe out last night, Said canoe is stored hung from the ceiling in the garage and while getting it out is ok the putting it away typically requires emptying the garage to make room to maneuver it back onto the ropes. So with the boat and hose out (rinsed out/off canoe) I figured no better time to do a vinegar wash down then the present. With that done and the boat drying in the sun I may three months later get the Gluvit done.
The rest of this is a bit of a side track but since there's no good place to share this, not to mention maybe too many projects is the reason I never seem to get boat things done
While I've used my Tahoe to haul the canoe I find it's easier to load by myself on the pick up. I wanted something to easily convert the existing headache rack to canoe rack so here's what I cobble together
The rack as it is
Fired up the welder and put together some 1' square tubing into a cross bar that slips down into the tubing like a stake in a pocket. It also incorporates a roller made from some PVC pipe scavenged from a home built storage rack that the PO threw in on the canoe deal.
This brought the back up far enough that the front laid on the top of the cab rather than the front of the rack as I had envisioned. Another quick bit of piecing together some scraps and I had a wooden spacer that dropped into place.
Now all it takes to load the canoe is to set the bow on the rear support, lift the rear, and a good push rolls it up into place.
Then it's just flip it and strap it down.
Unloading is just as easy.