Where do you keep your boat???

[fishingman220]

Just curious to see where everyone keeps there boat.

 

[slasmith1]

Re: Where do you keep your boat???

In a slip at the marina but it isn't a choice on your survey.

 

[mla2ofus]

Re: Where do you keep your boat???

Just finished building an all metal 15' x 30' x10' high open side shed for my pontoon,fishing boat and 4 wheeler. The main things we need protection from here is sun and hail.
Mike

 

[windsors03cobra]

Re: Where do you keep your boat???

I live in a downtown area so I only keep mine here in the driveway for a day or 2 but my dad lives 20 miles west in a rural area and has a nice Morton metal building I store it in, also have a little auto shoppe with a lift in dad's shed.

Grandma has a farm with about 10 outbuildings and 7 of them are full of boats during the winter, I think we parked about 103 of them last year, have crammed as many as 120 in.
Currently in the process of getting them out as their owners wish. Curious to see if more sit unused over this summer.
The oldest building we store boats in is a old 1897 2 story dairy barn, about 15 in the bottom and 15 on top. Lighter the better up top, mostly 16' alum's and the lower unit must be high to go up the ramp.

 

[Navy Jr.]

Re: Where do you keep your boat???

Its at a storage facility for 6 months of the year, but this Friday (May 1st) she comes home to take a place in our two-car garage. That means the oldest vehicle will sit outside in a parking spot off to the side.

Sure, I could put the boat in that outdoor spot with a cover over it, but the boat is much more valuable than the vehicle and I'd prefer to keep the boat out of the elements. From what I've seen, boats kept inside are in much better shape after 10 years than those that are stored outside, but that's just my own personal observation.

Anyway, wish we had a 3-car garage.

 

[22E6441]

Re: Where do you keep your boat???

I stuff her in the garage....the boat, not my wife.

 

[bigred69]

Re: Where do you keep your boat???

20x64 building I got for free. All I had to do is set it up. Has 4 roll up doors and one walk in.

 

[Action]

Re: Where do you keep your boat???

At the dock! Wish I had a spot to pull it out and every weekend and store!

 

[wgoodhoofd]

Re: Where do you keep your boat???

When the boat is active, we keep it at the cottage dock, with a cockpit cover and mooring cover on it. In the winter, we keep it at the dealer we bought it from. Sense of security, and no hassles after dropping it off.

 

[OldePharte]

Re: Where do you keep your boat???

Under cover, in a covered floating dock. About 40 feet from my patio.

 

[jmarty10]

Re: Where do you keep your boat???

I keep mine at Marina on the trailer during the summer. In winter it goes into inside storage at same Marina. I had an opportunity to rent a cheap slip this year but am passing it up because I dont want it on water year round. To tough on hull and I worry when it rains.

 

[This_lil_fishy]

Re: Where do you keep your boat???

In my 25x24 foot garage!

Ian

 

[Bart Sr.]

Re: Where do you keep your boat???

Definitely in the garage during using season.In the machine shed (80X40 quonset style) at the in-laws farm when the air is cold and the water is hard.

 

[Landscaping Wiz 808]

Re: Where do you keep your boat???

I keep my small aluminum boat outside under a cover and my MFG's in the driveway uncovered during it's restoration. After all the elbow grease it's going to take to get her to shine again I think I'll be EAGER to get her under a cover when I'm done.

Oh Yeah - All outboards are stored in the heated garage over the winter.

BOB

 

[cadunkle]

Re: Where do you keep your boat???

21' is too long for my garage (assuming I could clean it enough to fit the boat and car, and still have space to work), so it sits outside with snap on cover and a full cover over that. Wish garage was deep enough to fit it.

 

[Tommy in FLL]

Re: Where do you keep your boat???

In the canal behind my house in Ft.Lauderdale.

Q: It has good bottom paint; how often does it need to come out of the water to be cleaned off?

 

[Biggems]

Re: Where do you keep your boat???

Unfortunatly we are not aloud to park a boat at our apartment complex despite several requests. It is parked in my buddy's front yard under a cover. Only thing that sucks is that he lives 45 min. away and most of my boating places are half way in between here and the boat. Needless to say it is ALOT of driving just to take the boat out for a day.

Getting married next month and looking forward to getting a nice place with a garage and yard.

 

[Nico2112]

Re: Where do you keep your boat???

In the canal behind my house in Ft.Lauderdale.

I wish I could say that. What a beautiful scenery to have a boat!

Right now it's sitting in my garage.

From this sunday until my boat dies on me, it's going to be stored at a lake's marina small hangar (roofed) and fitted with a mooring cover (I'll take pics).

BTW, what is a carport?

Cheers!

 

[Shizzy]

Re: Where do you keep your boat???

Unfortunatly we are not aloud to park a boat at our apartment complex despite several requests. It is parked in my buddy's front yard under a cover. Only thing that sucks is that he lives 45 min. away and most of my boating places are half way in between here and the boat. Needless to say it is ALOT of driving just to take the boat out for a day.

Getting married next month and looking forward to getting a nice place with a garage and yard.

same here. I had it at a buddies house about 15 minutes away but then I realized I could rent a garage stall here at the Apartment complex for cheap.

 

[Biggems]

Re: Where do you keep your boat???

yeah we dont have garages here. I wish! Although there is a large area with several parking spaces that is kind of off to the side and away from everything else where I and several other residents have asked to park boats there but they said no.