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Thread: Where do you keep your boat?

  1. #1
    wsuwrhr
    I am having trouble with the city in making my garage big enough for a shop and boat storage. It seems that when my house was built in 1950, boats weren't 19 feet long and 25 feet long with the trailer, jet and diverter.
    I am not cutting the tongue for a swing-away. Still won't help, since the boat doesn't even have a bowl on it.
    Since my boat design is 30 or 40 years old, I was curious where you guys, and gals, keep your modern boats, since the norm is now minimum 25-30ft and larger. Pics if you got them. I need some ideas.
    Brian

  2. #2
    Mandelon
    Cut a hole in the back of the garage and build a shed addition. F the city and their permits.
    I keep mine in the side yard under a carport I got a Price Club. A regular cover and then the snap cover keep the f-ing cats out of it.
    I have friends that pay local storage but that sucks doesn't it.

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    Trash
    My boat is 20' 6" long, about 22 ish with the outdrive and add another foot for the trailer with the tongue detached. Garage is barely 20 feet deep. I manage to back it in at an angle with the rear left and right corners of the hull touching the back and side walls. The outdrive is turned full left. I have about 1-2 inches of clearance between the whats left of the trailer after tongue removal and the garage door. Neighbors are amazed I can shoe horn the thing in. Sorry I don't have pictures. It's not pretty anyway!
    I'd build another garage if I ever could afford it.

  4. #4
    wsuwrhr
    Originally posted by Mandelon
    Cut a hole in the back of the garage and build a shed addition. F the city and their permits.
    I keep mine in the side yard under a carport I got a Price Club. A regular cover and then the snap cover keep the f-ing cats out of it.
    I have friends that pay local storage but that sucks doesn't it.
    The whole rear of the boat will be sticking out, transom and all, the garage is 18 feet deep.
    I have one of those high dollar carports from costco/sams,but I just have a car cover for the boat. When the winds pick up out here, good bye gelcoat after the poles get through with it.
    What do you think?
    Brian

  5. #5
    Mandelon
    Why can't you make a shed thing on the back of the garage....then take out a piece of the back wall big enough for the boat to fit into? Not the whole boat just a few feet.
    I used to have the same problem putting a 19 foot boat into an 18 foot deep garage. I did cut the tounge off and got a sleeve to put inside it. Couple of hitchpins and it worked great. Made it pretty damn hard to steal too.

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    Originally posted by wsuwrhr
    What do you think?
    Brian
    Your garage is too small http://999999.c.telecomputing.no/PatChat/ikoner/82.gif

  7. #7
    RiverKitty
    Originally posted by Mandelon
    A regular cover and then the snap cover keep the f-ing cats out of it.
    Dang Mandy!
    No wonder I couldn't sneak in the boat last night!
    Damn snaps!!

  8. #8
    Tom Brown
    I have the best solution of all. I store my boat in someone else's garage that's 30 feet long. That garage is about 100' from where I do my boating but it's close enough.
    My hull is 16'4". With outboard and trailer tongue, it's all I can do to fit it in my 24' garage. While it fits, I'm going to go for a swing away tongue trailer next year. It's probably the cheapest option going if you just need a couple of feet and even if you had a huge shop, it's always nice to fold up the tongue and have the boat take up a little less space.

  9. #9
    wsuwrhr
    Originally posted by Rexone
    Your garage is too small http://999999.c.telecomputing.no/PatChat/ikoner/82.gif
    Really?
    It is as big as your catalog. Too small. haha.
    Brian

  10. #10
    framer1
    I have it pretty rough ,I have three 40' deep garages and those are just for boats Have extra garages for cars,jet skis and kabota tractor, lawn tractor etc. Just thought I would brag a little

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