so I have moved into a new house where the only real place to store my gear is the garage. it's pretty tight in there with the car, so thinking how to store my gear the best.
i originally thought I might fix a few levels of upright hooks (like "L" brackets from the wall) and store my gear on these shelves. but now i think i might put in a series of bolts with eyelets on them at chest height, and stand everything between them, held tight against the wall with occy straps. vertical, i'm thinking, will make the best use of space.
any better ideas?
ps; i was going to post pictures of my garage, but there's prolly no point...it's pretty vanilla; just a square gyp board room with roller doors at each end. i own the house, so i have no issues with drilling, gluing etc. after all, it's all about looking after my babies.
just need to check all of your gear will stand vertical. typical ceiling heights in a garage are 2400mm.......
the l bracket idea is good but if you have a lot of gear it won't suit as you fill the wall space vey quickly.
both you and gestie on the right track- depends how many boards you've got.
Stick some rubber matting on the floor 1-4 boards and booms use eyelets like you first said and stand them vertically. It's a little bit of a pain with masts and sails unless you tie each off, I'd prefer to hang them horizontally from ceiling provided it's not hanging over a car (stops mice and stuff getting to them).
More than 4 boards either angle the boards with brackets or those hanging racks that tilt.
I had a similar challenge and got some of those adjustable shelf brackets from bunnings, the ones where you attach a couple of long strips down the wall and then place brackets on them wherever needed:
Get the heavy duty versions, whack some insulation stuff for padding and you can sit boards on them, hang booms etc... etc.... and all above the car bonnet so great use of space.
So you end up with something a bit like this:
I used metal fence panel, not sheet but the type with lots of bars.
cut off some bars and the remaining ones to length and bend to suit.
Can slip on some round roofrack foam.
Been in constant use for years and going strong
i made a rack out of steel and bolted to the roof in my shed ok i have to get on a ladder but no floor space is used or i drive the ute in and just stand in the back to load it works great takes 6 boards ,sails etc bonuse is my kids cant get to it
thanks for the replies ppl. some things I should state;
my problem is width of the garage. with the car inside, the distance to the wall I want to store on is less than a metre. This means shelving the boards flat is not really an option. the other point is that I have an auto roller door that pulls up overhead, so the carriage for that stop me from doing anything overhead...unless I suspend something from those rails, which could work, but I'm reluctant to hang any weight from them.
I've stood my longest board (beloved old-skool Mistral Flow 275cm) upright in there and it'll *just* fit. storing them with the bottom of the board flush against the wall seems to be the best use of space. i take myseven's point about the sails etc...i might make up a custom rack for them, something like a billiard pool cue rack. i'll report back in when done. hopefully some weekend fronts come through and this project gets delayed a bit...
what's the dimensions of your garage? is there room in front of your car?
would the horizontal rack idea work if you start your bottom rack at 1700 above floor level?
that's just a touch higher than overhead cupboard height. leaves enough room under to get in and out of the car if you are shorter
there is another roller door at the front of the garage...not really sure why you'd want to drive into the patio, maybe it's there to allow you to get the grand piano in.
overhead shelves might work, but assuming the car is in the garage, you'd be leaning back over it to get the boards on, probably be awkward. although I might be 'catlike' on the water, afterwards i have all the grace of Stephen Hawkings. (red card?)
no roof in our garage just the rafter running thru i screwed 2 unside down ...t's... hanging from the rafters and it hold 4 boards 2 on each side
I went to bunnings and considered doing the same thing as confused. But those shelving systems are pretty expensive, I think each of those brackets is like $15 each... and the rails are i think $50+ so being a bit of a cheap bastard I decided to DIY. Ended up being a fair bit cheaper, was just over $100 if I remember.
I bought some cheap timber and some really cheap 90 degree angles to screw it all together. Its all screwed into studs. I live in a rental but the real estate agent was fine with it as long as I took em down when I leave.
usually the bottom shelf holds all my sails+masts+boom. was originally gonna put some marine carpet or something over the arms, but seems pointless so haven't bothered.
I think having the boards horizontally carried probably gives the best utilisation of space. You can pack the boards in a lot tighter than I have if you take your fins out, but I'm too lazy for that.
if they fit vertical why not just do that. that's the best space saver. a lucky outcome really and one to take advantage.
and me too swoosh. i;ve still got a couple of boards over 2400 long. and some formula sails etc.
i meant trousers should go vertical if it fits. 
