Where does your boat sleep?

[Gunghoe9]

Besides boating, I have spent a bit of time on the weekends building my baby a new home. No it’s not fully enclosed, but will keep a majority of the weather off of it. Glad it’s finally complete, now I can spend more time back on the water with the family.

 

[suke]

Damn! That is beautiful. Mine sleeps in an old commercial chicken barn, no lie. It is cheap, though.

 

[jEt_jAk]

Barely fits in my garage

 

[ZGhost]

That looks awesome, congratulations on a great job. I like the storage attic above!

 

[captras]

Very nice.... anything that keeps it out of the weather is a good thing!

 

[ripler]

Mine stays in our garage when not in use, this is why my boat is in perfect shape for being 10 years old. It's a PIA to get it in and out and this is why I'm considering a new boat that has a tower that's easy to drop and can be backed into my garage using my truck and not my back.

 

[Gunghoe9]

I looked into storage options and covered or enclosed is expansive out here. I’ll recover what I paid to build this in about 18 months. Plus it’s at home, and it’s added equity.

 

[Gunghoe9]

That looks awesome, congratulations on a great job. I like the storage attic above!

Thanks, the pic was before I got the attic ladder installed.

 

[HangOutdoors]

@Gunghoe9 I really like it. I was considering putting in a garage just for the boat, something just a bit bigger than a single garage, at least wider, with a 9' door. I like what you did without the sides alot and the attic storage. Thinking of doing something this fall. Not sure if I could go without sides where I live though, city is kind of snippy about stuff around here. Looks fantastic.

 

[JimmyB]

Good lord. That looks fantastic! Well done. Mine sleeps in a rental unit 2 hours from home so no real time for winter mods. :-(

 

[WiskyDan]

My boat is in a dry stack during the season and heated indoor storage in the off season......in Wisconsin most of the year is “off season”.......

 

[Gunghoe9]

@Gunghoe9 I really like it. I was considering putting in a garage just for the boat, something just a bit bigger than a single garage, at least wider, with a 9' door. I like what you did without the sides alot and the attic storage. Thinking of doing something this fall. Not sure if I could go without sides where I live though, city is kind of snippy about stuff around here. Looks fantastic.

Thanks. I live on about 7 acres, and we don’t need any permits for something like this as long as it’s under 400 sqft. I am still open to pouring a slab and framing in walls and a door, but will live with it like this for a while.

 

[Gunghoe9]

Good lord. That looks fantastic! Well done. Mine sleeps in a rental unit 2 hours from home so no real time for winter mods. :-(

Thanks. That was part of the consideration; lucky enough to have the space to keep it close.

 

[HangOutdoors]

Interesting, could you send me the dimensions roughly? I don't need a permit either if it is under 400 sq. ft as well. I guess my only thing is that I live in Michigan and I kind of wanted a place to work on the boat and mods during the winter, but without a garage door and sides I would save a ton of money.

Also what is the height? Wondering if it is tall enough to put the boat under with a tower up?

 

[biglar155]

Wow! VERY nice work!

I've got a 15x40 storage unit 5 miles up the road. I pay something like $140/mo. That includes a 15 amp circuit so that I can leave my battery charger plugged in. It's got a 12x12 garage door on it and 20' of ceiling height in the middle (still thinking of building a loft in there).

I keep both boats in there and all my seasonal stuff (mowers, snow thrower, shovels, Christmas Lights and Lawn Ornaments, etc). All boat-work (that doesn't need a water source) gets done up there. It's warm (hot) but it's out of the frigging sun.

 

[HangOutdoors]

@biglar155 That is a great price. No chance around here for that type of storage. Indoor storage that is big enough for boat with tower folded and electricity, no heat, is between $400 and $500 per month. Ridiculous. Add another $100 or so to get it heated. Storage is crazy around here. I would love to move out towards the country but the Admiral won't have it.

 

[Gunghoe9]

Interesting, could you send me the dimensions roughly? I don't need a permit either if it is under 400 sq. ft as well. I guess my only thing is that I live in Michigan and I kind of wanted a place to work on the boat and mods during the winter, but without a garage door and sides I would save a ton of money.

Also what is the height? Wondering if it is tall enough to put the boat under with a tower up?

The area between the posts is 14’ x 24’ x 11’ tall (yes it clears easily with my tower kept up). With the roof overhang, it covers about 16’ x 27’. All in with trim out and details, I’ll be under $5k. The only thing that I didn’t do myself was the roofing shingles; I didn’t want to be up there on the 10-12 pitch roof doing that, it was $300 in labor well spent in my opinion.

 

[Gunghoe9]

Wow! VERY nice work!

I've got a 15x40 storage unit 5 miles up the road. I pay something like $140/mo. That includes a 15 amp circuit so that I can leave my battery charger plugged in. It's got a 12x12 garage door on it and 20' of ceiling height in the middle (still thinking of building a loft in there).

I keep both boats in there and all my seasonal stuff (mowers, snow thrower, shovels, Christmas Lights and Lawn Ornaments, etc). All boat-work (that doesn't need a water source) gets done up there. It's warm (hot) but it's out of the frigging sun.

For that amount and space I would have jumped on that as well.

 

[HangOutdoors]

@Gunghoe9 I can do all the work, that price sounds fantastic. Was it a kit? Did you have plans that you purchased? Or did you just ad-hoc it.

 

[jcyamaharider]

Great looking! Nice to have the boat under cover for the white stuff.

Here is where ours stays: