Where do you keep your boat?

[FCS]

I have been thinking about buying a boat, but my problem is, I don't know where I would keep it. My neighborhood association does not allow boats to be parked outside. I have a two car garage, but keep cars in both sides. Even if I chose to keep one car on the driveway, I'm not sure a boat would fit in the garage anyway, with all the other stuff I keep in there. Short of moving, which for various reasons is not an option, it seems my only alternative is to rent storage. Do any of you do this? If so, how costly is it, and how much of an inconvenience is it? Thanks.

[RANGER]

I don't do this but I have 2 friends that do. They rent garages off of private parties in the neighborhoods. They are usually word-of-mouth or advertised in local "classified" papers that are FREE. Not "Newspapers". Rentals run about $20 a month. Commercial storage facilities are a lot more money.


RANGER


"KEEP YOUR LINES WET, YOUR POWDER DRY and THE BEER COLD"!

[Gumbo]

I too live in a neighborhood with restrictive covenants. My boat is too big for my garage, so I bought a custom Top-Gun cover for it, converteed a section of my fence into a gate, and I back it into the back yard and close the gate. We're planning on moving soon, so I don't want to dump money into a more permanant solution. I prefer keeping my boat on my property rather than storing it off-site.

[rodbuster]

I keep mine in my pole barn out back.I also rent out space to 2 to 4 others $30.00 bucks a month is the going rate.

[pete]

I also keep mine in my pole shed out back.. I lived in town many years, this is one of the big reasons I moved to the country!

[OLS]

I too hate the thought of personal items being stored else where.
Bought my new boat with a swing away tonge one vehicle in the
garage the other outside. The boat is in the garage ready to go
any time I am. Don't have to drive else where just to get the boat instead iam at the lake fishing!

OLS have boat,will fish.

[Weyes1]

I would tell your neighborhood association to stuff it. It's your property and you should be able to do as you wish. I could see if it was a city ordinance but then again I would still tell them to stuff it.

Weyes1
Kevin Clark
weyes1@wamego.net

[Fritz]

I keep my boat in my garage most of the time. I would prefer to have it on a lake in Canada with me fishing out of it every day, but I am dreaming.

I have a cover made from top gun, so it does sit out on ocassion. My wife thinks I am nuts to keep it inside, but I plan to keep the boat longer than the truck. If the boat is inside, it is more in a ready state to go fishing as long as it doesn't become a storage site for other junk. Also, all the equipment is more secure than being out side.

I wish I had a pole shed, but the sub division covenants doesn't allow it.


Fritz

[BD]

I kept my boat in a friends garage several blocks from where I lived. The neighborhood was OK but the older people had moved out and the new neighbors didn't look out for each other as the old ones did before. The contents disappeared one night. Later on I was able to rent a garage across the street from my house. No trouble except getting cars moved once in a while. Stay away from storage units if you can. Unless it's a private facility on someone's home property don't store anything valuable there. I have a couple of friends that learned that the hard way. I moved into the country. I now have enough storage for my toys.

[firebird]

Fortunately, I am able to keep it in my driveway. Close enough to the street that my wife is able to drive around it. In the winter I am able to store it in my mom's garage. The only problem there, is that it is in another town. I know eventually it will have to go into my garage for the winter. I don't want to store it off my property. Does your covenant cover any type of vehicle? It is rare these days not to see more cars than there are garages to park them in. Try for a variance. Good luck boat shopping!


"Keep it in tune"

[Stormsearch]

Our subdivision also had restrictions. However, we petitioned to allow outside temporary storage of seasonal items: campers/boats - summer, snow machines - winter. We just didn't want to see where I came from. Neighbor had 4 trailors, 5 cars, 2 boats and 1 tractor in front yard. I know I moved from one extreme to almost another, but after we had the rule revised everybody is alot happier.

[The Maddie June]

We have a 2 stall garage that is dh's cave. Don't keep any vehicles in it, just the boat and tackle and yard stuff. Would be nice to have my vehicle there in the winter but would hate to have the boat be in the extremes when not in use!!!

[Ed]

My boat is to big for the garage and the deed restrictions don't allow it to be in the back yard. So I store it on the lot where I purchased it. The boat dealer has a fenced in area with a security (pass card) gate. It costs $30 a month and is worth it. If I need anything done prior to heading out on vacation, they take care of it for me.

[Mr. Sauger]

FCS,
I have a similar situation. The wifemobile stays in our 2 car garage year round. I keep my boat in the other half of the garage 9 months of the year (truck in driveway). Then, I rent storage for my boat December through February. Water is frozen here anyway and the truck is protected from the worst of winter.
This way, the boat is accessable for maintenance and is ready to be loaded and go.