Hah! REI wanted $100 bucks for a set of pulleys to put the canoe on the ceiling. A 25$ Home Depot gift card was all I needed to set one up for myself. Well, that and some hardware I had sitting around.
The trick is to use multiple pulleys to give yourself leverage. The new (used) canoe is pretty heavy — probably 80 lbs or so. And awkward! Now it lives conveniently out of the way on the ceiling of the garage….
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Looks impressive! Must have been fun to design it!
You might want to make a couple of slings using 2″ hose from the hardware. If you support the canoe in a couple of places away from the ends there would be less chance of warping the canoe.