My husband is building a storage shed onto the side of our house for my windsurfing gear (To free up space in the other shed).
Any suggestions for racks that can bolt onto a brick wall to hold boards?
We don't have welding gear and there will be room to put the boards in horizontally, long side against the wall.

Suggestions for sail storage?

Thanks.

How about these www.zrax.com/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi

The way most people do it:

2 pieces of 2x4 treated pine bolted vertically to the wall, 4ft apart.

Drill 25mm holes with a spade bit into the 2x4, perpendicular to the wall, angled slightly downwards, with holes spaced 40mm apart.

Insert 2ft lengths of 25mm dowel into holes.

Boardrack!

For over 10 years I've been using bolt on racks from Bunnings. They allow you to mount the board side ways with room behind the board for mast etc. I just add padding for board protection when not in their board bags.

I can tell you not to use galvanised steel tube. If the boards are even a little bit wet they will end up rusting the steel.

I changed my board racks from being horizontal to vertical because the boards on top were too hard to get to.

I also used two pieces of timber horizontally with 25mm holes drilled in them and electrical conduit used to separate all the boards. It means I can get at any board without having to move the others, and being timber and plastic, it doesn't rust.

Pictures please FormulaNova

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Rad Lad said...

Pictures please FormulaNova

Pictures? That would mean I would have to move all the junk out of the way first.

It looks just like a windsurfing shop, except with old and dinged up boards instead. They are all resting with their tails on the ground and its just the conduit that separates the boards from each other.

It's also handy for storing sails vertically.

The only things I am storing horizontally are the formula masts and sails. They are just too long to go vertically.

Please ensure ceiling fan is turned off before removing 2.6m boards stored in this manner

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DL said...

The way most people do it:

2 pieces of 2x4 treated pine bolted vertically to the wall, 4ft apart.

Drill 25mm holes with a spade bit into the 2x4, perpendicular to the wall, angled slightly downwards, with holes spaced 40mm apart.

Insert 2ft lengths of 25mm dowel into holes.

Boardrack!

I did this for my first rack, but had problems with the dowels snapping off when you bump them accidentally

For the next one I got about 12 metres of 10mm x 100mm pine, and built two identical 'ladders' with the pine. Place the ladders 1 metre apart, with some more pine to keep them there.

Voila a free standing board rack, with ends that won't snap off.

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FormulaNova said...

Rad Lad said...

Pictures please FormulaNova

Pictures? That would mean I would have to move all the junk out of the way first.

It looks just like a windsurfing shop, except with old and dinged up boards instead. They are all resting with their tails on the ground and its just the conduit that separates the boards from each other.

It's also handy for storing sails vertically.

The only things I am storing horizontally are the formula masts and sails. They are just too long to go vertically.

Please ensure ceiling fan is turned off before removing 2.6m boards stored in this manner

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FormulaNova said...
Please ensure ceiling fan is turned off before removing 2.6m boards stored in this manner

lol. slight digression on ceiling fans; when i had just bought a Wii some years ago, (after quite a few bevvies) I was facing off against my girlfriend in Wii-boxing. after winning a particularly competitive round, i whooped and threw both hands above my head in a victory salute....straight into the moving ceiling fan

sorry about that distraction, but i hadn't thought about it until i read your post. now back to your normal viewing...

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Trousers said...

FormulaNova said...
Please ensure ceiling fan is turned off before removing 2.6m boards stored in this manner

lol. slight digression on ceiling fans; when i had just bought a Wii some years ago, (after quite a few bevvies) I was facing off against my girlfriend in Wii-boxing. after winning a particularly competitive round, i whooped and threw both hands above my head in a victory salute....straight into the moving ceiling fan

sorry about that distraction, but i hadn't thought about it until i read your post. now back to your normal viewing...

Ahhh, just to add to the new sub-topic, one of my class mates at school years ago decided to saw a length of plywood in half by pushing two benches together, putting the ply on top, and sawing between the gap. Of course, it was easier to saw when standing on top of the ply wasn't it... Lucky the fan hit him in the back of the head, and lucky this guy has a very solid head.

I use a purpose built rack (bought from a surf/windsurf shop) for my good board and basic wall hooks from bunnings for my old crap boards.

Check the links in this thread

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/General/storage-ideas-apply-within/?SearchTerms=Storage