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Fall 2024
OVERALL SPACE
The length of your garage where you’ll be keeping your boat is obviously the number one thing to consider. If you want to keep your boat in the garage, be 100 percent sure that you know the length of your boat when it is ON the trailer, and if it has a swing away tongue or not.
This length will be important in knowing exactly how deep your garage must be, and if you’ll have to swing the trailer tongue to be able to close the garage door.
The goal I had when we built our house, was that the garage layout would allow me to back my boat in and leave
my truck connected (somewhat of a pipe dream when living in the suburbs). But, if you can accomplish this, DO IT.
If not, at least try to leave enough space at the back end, so you don’t need to trim your motor down to fit in the garage. If possible, also leave enough room at the front end, so you can easily walk around the boat to get work done.
When it comes to the height of your garage, if you can, make sure you have a tall enough garage, and garage doors so that you don’t need to trim your motor down to get the boat in the garage, likewise, for your shallow water anchors.
I have 9’ garage doors, so I can take my boat in and out of the garage without having to worry about my Raptors
touching the top of the garage door frame.
THE SPOT WITHIN THE SPOT
The actual spot where you park your boat in the garage comes down to the layout of your garage. You will need to take into consideration if it is a one, two, three, or even better four car garage.
Our garage layout allowed us I have an 18’ wide garage door. My boat sits on the outside of the stall next to the wall (so it can be next to the pegboard and shelves). My truck is next to it.
This allows me to open one garage door, pull my truck out, hook the boat up and go. I also have plenty of space on either side of the trailer when backing it in, so I don’t have to worry about it hitting anything.
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