Wandering around any Club or Event, you are going to see aluminium stands. This photo is of a very popular Marblehead stand made by Dave Potter.

If a rolled up towel, or a classic wooden stand, is not for you, you might consider one of these and not really go wrong.

http://www.pottersolutions.co.uk/product/marblehead-alloy-boat-stand

Whether you buy a boat new, or previously used, it’s pretty normal that you don’t get a stand with it.

The really cool looking top competitors seem to make do with rolling up a towel, placing it on the ground, then resting the boat on that. Not too comfortable with placing your new pride-and-joy down on the ground like that? You’ll want a stand !!

We’ll publish a few alternative ideas in the “Stands” category of the website for you to think about. This is a photo of a reasonably classic wooden, home built stand.

There are some other ideas around too. See the “Stands” section.