FishyItch
Well-known member
Hello Again!
I've been gone for a looooong time, but I'm back with a very important question.
My fiance and I are getting very close to buying a house. We've found one we love and we're thinking about putting in an offer.
But here's the thing....
It has a three car garage, one double door and one single door. It's a nice garage, but we can only devote the single door stall to the boat. Since we want to park both cars in the garage, I don't want to angle the boat and have it take up over half of the garage. The stall that we plan on for the boat is 18'6" long. I'm not sure how wide it is, but I'm pretty sure it's standard. (Eight feet I think.)
Anyway, right now I have a little 13'6" tinny that I'm fizing up and I know will fit just fine on the trailer, but I plan on upgrading to a longer boat in the future. How big can I reasonably go and still be able to close the garage door? I wouldn't mind getting a folding tongue for the trailer, but I wouldn't want to have to take off the outboard everytime I stored the boat. (I could, but it would be a pain.)
The waters I am going to be fishing aren't huge. I think the biggest lake I would consider is around 3000 acres. My go to lake is around 2000 acres. (You guys actually had a tourny there last year, Lake Waubesa in Madison, Wisconsin.) I think a solid 15 footer would be fine, but can I fit a 15 footer in my 18'6" garage?
Sorry for rambling, but we really like the house I just need to know about the trailer vs. garage situation. I'm sure you all understand.
Thanks.
I've been gone for a looooong time, but I'm back with a very important question.
My fiance and I are getting very close to buying a house. We've found one we love and we're thinking about putting in an offer.
But here's the thing....
It has a three car garage, one double door and one single door. It's a nice garage, but we can only devote the single door stall to the boat. Since we want to park both cars in the garage, I don't want to angle the boat and have it take up over half of the garage. The stall that we plan on for the boat is 18'6" long. I'm not sure how wide it is, but I'm pretty sure it's standard. (Eight feet I think.)
Anyway, right now I have a little 13'6" tinny that I'm fizing up and I know will fit just fine on the trailer, but I plan on upgrading to a longer boat in the future. How big can I reasonably go and still be able to close the garage door? I wouldn't mind getting a folding tongue for the trailer, but I wouldn't want to have to take off the outboard everytime I stored the boat. (I could, but it would be a pain.)
The waters I am going to be fishing aren't huge. I think the biggest lake I would consider is around 3000 acres. My go to lake is around 2000 acres. (You guys actually had a tourny there last year, Lake Waubesa in Madison, Wisconsin.) I think a solid 15 footer would be fine, but can I fit a 15 footer in my 18'6" garage?
Sorry for rambling, but we really like the house I just need to know about the trailer vs. garage situation. I'm sure you all understand.
Thanks.