Outdoor Kayak Storage Sun Protection

Looks like I'll have to store the kayak outdoors at my new home. Even on the N. side of the house there are too many hours of sun exposure for my liking. I could simply throw a tarp over it, or build something...a movable cover, or something more substantial.

Any ideas out there?

Thanks!
Dave

I've used a couple of sizes of Danuu kayak covers for several years, and they seem to be working (and holding up) pretty well:
http://danuu.com/

- Chris

Out in the country, one of the ways we make a cheap shelter out in the pasture is using cattle/hog panels. You drive a t-post into the ground. Take a panel (4'x16') and lay it on its side with one edge against the t-post. Bow it in the middle and walk the other edge until it's about 6' away. You now have a 4' long hoop. Drive another t-post to hold the other edge.  Repeat in 4' segments. 4 of them gives you 16' of length. Do this however many times in a row to make it as long as you want, in 4' increments. Throw a 16'xwhatever tarp over the top and secure with zip ties.

No reason this couldn't make a serviceable shade/rain cover for a kayak, lawn mower, whatever. In 3 years you put a new tarp on it. Pro Tip: Buy your tarps at Harbor Freight.

I picked up some sawhorse brackets cheap at Harbor Freight and oversized the wood pieces. 6 Legs 8" tall with 16" cross beam.  I hung the kayaks from the cross beam with rope loops at 4 points each then covered it with a HF tarp.   It sits between 2 structures so gets hit with little wind.  If placed more out in the open I would no doubt anchor each leg down with stakes.