Cramped indoor storage frustrations

"I already pay total length X beam"

If this is the case, then it sounds like your not getting what your paying for.
You're right. But, Do I really expect them to "mark off" an area 14 1/2 x 44 and say "that's yours", no, but what blueone has is going to far the other way. If I couldn't get in the er, I'd shrink wrap outside. There's a place in Alex Bay (1000 islands) that is brand new, indoor heated, costs a fortune, and once it's in, they let you go in one weekend in November and one weekend in April to do whatever. That's it. They tell you way ahead of time the dates so you can arrange to be there. What's the point imo. You can winterize these things in less than a day. Put it in cold storage. So storage conditions are all over the place, I'm happy with our place.
 
Maybe a bit of an instigator post... I used to do nothing but inside heated storage. Same thing, I couldn’t even have my hull wheeled or waxed until Spring after they moved boats around me. Then you’re delayed in getting to the engines too. Last year was my first year of outside and honestly it was awesome. Not only cheaper but way more accessibility to my boat all year around.
 
Maybe a bit of an instigator post... I used to do nothing but inside heated storage. Same thing, I couldn’t even have my hull wheeled or waxed until Spring after they moved boats around me. Then you’re delayed in getting to the engines too. Last year was my first year of outside and honestly it was awesome. Not only cheaper but way more accessibility to my boat all year around.
I am going to get this solved next year. If you guys remember last year they hit my boat into the boat behind me. This stress and frustration should not be part of the $4k experience
 
I think if one boat goes, they're all going anyway, no matter how close. But I always think about that...A few guys leave their boats plugged into power all winter for their chargers. I don't agree. Fully charged, disconnected batteries have no issues sitting there for 7 months.
Hopefully everyone's circuits are safe and protected and their chargers don't go rogue over the winter.

The problem with leaving the charger on all winter starts when you have faulty or underwatered batteries. The batteries never reach a voltage high enough to shut the charger off so the charger keeps applying amps and gassing the batteries. The gas is hydrogen so I don't need to describe what can happen in that situation. As has been said there is no need to keep a charger running all winter when the batteries are good and disconnected.
 
I'm in indoor cold and this was from a few years ago, the day I went in.

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They pack us in tight. I'm telling myself I'll go heated next year...we'll see as you can't get to the sides to wax them.

This past year I switched marina's and had a much further trip to haul out, so I left my canvas up. Doing so gave me a good few feet behind me and I can open my engine hatch up all the way. I'll start doing that every year!

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You would think the insurance companies would frown on that type of overcrowding. I'm sure it's an insurance nightmare when one boat catches fire and spreads to other boats so easily. Then the finger pointing begins.
All the finger pointing happens between the insurance companies, so individual customers are largely excluded from the fights.
 
I am going to get this solved next year. If you guys remember last year they hit my boat into the boat behind me. This stress and frustration should not be part of the $4k experience
Bluone, I know it is too far of a run from where you are now, but the team at Algonac Harbor Club sure do take good care of us. They left room for the boat to be fully cleaned and covered. If is wasn't so far for you, I would suggest going back to AHC for winter storage.
 
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Ideal indoor heated storage conditions. Moved the boats around me and left mine in place so I could work on it.
 
Bluone, I know it is too far of a run from where you are now, but the team at Algonac Harbor Club sure do take good care of us. They left room for the boat to be fully cleaned and covered. If is wasn't so far for you, I would suggest going back to AHC for winter storage.
I was there at AHC for two years. The crew is top notch for sure especially compared to where I am at now. But I had my problems there too with being too close side by side, I had stuff stolen (rags, electrical cord, paint supplies left under the boat, I even had one guy blame me for stealing stuff), very dirty, bird poop and roof leaking... that place is where I started using plastic the second year.... I am starting to think I wasn't meant for indoor heated storage :)
 
Somewhere in this thread is the hidden message of "going bigger is better" :):)

Even rub-rail to rub-rail you can still wax the hull on a 340+. Plenty of room to get around :)
 
Somewhere in this thread is the hidden message of "going bigger is better" :):)

Even rub-rail to rub-rail you can still wax the hull on a 340+. Plenty of room to get around :)

I wish! They pack my 37' in with a smaller rub rail below mine.

I'm thankful where I'm at now, they give me a good week or so before they put someone right next to me.
 
I wish! They pack my 37' in with a smaller rub rail below mine.

I'm thankful where I'm at now, they give me a good week or so before they put someone right next to me.

Crap...never thought of that. Quite right! I've only ever been next to similarly sized boats in storage. "Just enough" angle on the hulls to make waxing okay. But yeah...a smaller/lower vessel next to you would indeed make this impossible :)
 
A storage neighbor took a couple pics of my boat... I went down there before Christmas and found out I can’t lift my engine hatch because the boat behind me is over the cockpit. The boat in front of me has my anchor in his cockpit with no room to raise him off the blocks.
I am 5 years into this indoor heated storage at two different places and I am not impressed so far. Is this the norm or am I just the victim of bad luck?

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Defiantly the norm...

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I am going to get this solved next year. If you guys remember last year they hit my boat into the boat behind me. This stress and frustration should not be part of the $4k experience
I forgot about that Blue.

I will admit there is a lot less stress in heated storage when the temps plummet to the negatives.
 
Schedule a late winter buff and wax for the service department to get done in January then cancel it in December. They will certainly leave themselves enough room to work....
 
I'm less frustrated with the tight packing of the boats than I am with the limited hours to gain access. Every year I end up going wherever they'll give me the code so I can work on the boat on evenings and weekends. But it gets harder and harder every year to find a heated facility that's open beyond 9-4, M-F. I'm trying to talk my wife into letting me build my own heated facility just so I can do boat stuff on weekends!
 
4:00!? That's a dream for me. Try driving over 2 hours to the facility, and hearing the "prepare to get kicked out" horn at 2:45!
Guess we're really lucky. Our's is open 7 days a week between 8:30 and 5 except for a 2 week period Dec 22 to Jan 6th.
 

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