Trailerable Boats; Where do you keep your boat?

[Alex F]

1. Where do you store your boat during the "in-season"?
a. Wetslip with no lift and no roof, but with fully closed canvas.


2. Where do you store your boat in the "off-season"?
a. In my driveway on the side of my house (we have a special setup just for the boat). I raise the trailer to take some load off the tires right after I winterize the boat. We have special cover that we used for long trips and during off season.

3. How much do you spend annually to store your boat?
approx. $1,700 for the slip "in-season".

4. How big is your boat in feet?
26 ft

5. How many times per year do you trailer your boat to the water?
Few times. At least two (start and end boating season) and other times depend on the number of trips we take that require towing.

6. How far do you normally travel to get there (one way)?
about 30 or so miles (takes us 40min to an hour, depending on the traffic)

Alex.

 

[widowmaker]

Thanks for all the great responses. Right now it looks like the most votes are for "trailer and store outdoors". I'm no statistician but it seems in general that the larger the boat the more it cost to store, kinda' like when you buy a boat. Hmmm...

There are so many factors that drive these decisions, like population density, real estate costs and zoning regulations of where you live. I like to hear about how others handle these issues and their related costs.

I should clarify that my $450/yr is for covered wetslip priveleges. I had to buy my own lift for $2400 about 5 years ago.

Thanks again

 

[Geurk]

1. Where do you store your boat during the "in-season"?
On Trailer Outdoors

2. Where do you store your boat in the "off-season"?
On Trailer Outdoors with tarps

3. How much do you spend annually to store your boat?
$600

4. How big is your boat in feet?
23'

5. How many times per year do you trailer your boat to the
"OTHER" waters?
Every weekend, weather permitting, during spring, summer, and fall.

6. How far do you normally travel to get there (one way)?
Usually 60-80 miles.

 

[sebagoman007]

1. Where do you store your boat during the "in-season"?
a. Wet slip, no roof.

2. Where do you store your boat in the "off-season"?
b. On trailer stored outdoors at a fenced storage yard.

3. How much do you spend annually to store your boat?
$260 for the winter, $1300 for the slip, so $1560 total.

4. How big is your boat in feet?
26 ft.

5. How many times per year do you trailer your boat to the water?
Once in, once out.

6. How far do you normally travel to get there (one way)?
Storage yard is about 7 miles from the marina.

No, I don't store at the marina because the total yard bill (storage, winterize, powerwash, shrinkwrap, wake-up in the spring) would be 1 1/2 times greater......skinflint Yankee that I am!

Bill

 

[gengiant]

1. Where do you store your boat during the "in-season"?
b. Trailer and store outdoors (storage yard)

2.Where do you store your boat in the "off-season"?
a. On trailer stored outdoors (storage yard) - what's the "off-season"? :grin:

3. How much do you spend annually to store your boat?
$600 rental of storage space

4. How big is your boat in feet?
270 DA (34' from prop to tip of hitch)

5. How many times per year do you trailer your boat to the water?
Every weekend the weather is nice (20-25 times/yr)

6. How far do you normally travel to get there (one way)?
Avg. about 20 miles. But we do 3-4 trips/yr to the coast or other places that are ~200 miles one way.

 

[BobK]

1. Where do you store your boat during the "in-season"?
a. Trailer and store indoors -- At home in garage
b. Trailer and store outdoors
c. Wetslip with a roof
d. Wetslip without a roof
e. Wetslip with a lift and roof
f. Wetslip with a lift but no roof
g. Covered dry-rack storage
h. Other

2. Where do you store your boat in the "off-season"?
a. On trailer stored outdoors
b. On trailer stored indoors - At home in garage.
c. On an uncovered lift
d. On a covered lift
e. Covered dry rack storage
f. Other

3. How much do you spend annually to store your boat?
$0.00
4. How big is your boat in feet?
17'6" boat only. Fits in 19' garage with drive down/turned

5. How many times per year do you trailer your boat to the water?
I'm guessing 25+

6. How far do you normally travel to get there (one way)?
10 miles-ish

 

[Hampton]

Trailer - Out

What off season?

360

25' (250 Da)

30 times

100 feet

 

[Mr Happy]

1. In season-wetslip with a roof
2. Off season-at friends house under roof but not enclosed (Car port) free
3. $1895 covered slip April 1 thru Nov 1
4. 24 feet
5. 2 times pull boat out in middle of summer to clean bottom-fresh water
6. 84.7 miles, one way, 1 1/2 hours

 

[280 SeaRay]

1. Where do you store your boat during the "in-season"?
b. Trailer and store outdoors
- My swim platform is no more than 10 feet from where I sleep at night :grin: The boat is stored beside our house.

2. Where do you store your boat in the "off-season"?
g. No off season here

3. How much do you spend annually to store your boat?

$0 in recurring cost. The "boat parking spot": cost $8-10k total cost (excavation, prep, rebar, 6 inches of 6 sack concrete, drainage, electrical wiring (shore power & lights), boat sprinkler system (has not bee installed yet), and Jeremy's custom engineered gate

4. How big is your boat in feet?

31' 1" per SR website

5. How many times per year do you trailer your boat to the water?

40-60

6. How far do you normally travel to get there (one way)?

Our local lake (Folsom Lake) 1.5 miles
Sacramento and American Rivers (Gateway to Delta) 25 miles
Lake Shasta 197 miles
Lake Tahoe 108 miles
Lake Oroville 89 Miles

some examples :grin:

My dream is to have "Jeremy's Facility" a big 50x50 (or bigger) with 20 foot doors (Qty 2) which is outfitted with complete HVAC, epoxy'd floors with drains throughout, and air filtration. It will always be "day light" in the facility and always 75 degrees... this way the boat, and cars get stored in door... with little to no dust.... and you can wash em, polish em, and wax em right inside the facility. My dream :smt001

 

[BrentJones]

1. Where do you store your boat during the "in-season"?

Wetslip with a lift and roof


2. Where do you store your boat in the "off-season"?

Wetslip with a lift and roof

3. How much do you spend annually to store your boat?

$2500

4. How big is your boat in feet?

26' 4"

5. How many times per year do you trailer your boat to the water?

Zero...Thank God, no offense to you trailer boaters, but I hated it!

6. How far do you normally travel to get there (one way)?

2 1/2 hours - unfortunately

 

[Dave M.]

1. Where do you store your boat during the "in-season"?
a. Trailer and store indoors


2. Where do you store your boat in the "off-season"?
a. On trailer stored outdoors

3. How much do you spend annually to store your boat?
I might spend $100 to heat the space so I don't have to winderize.

4. How big is your boat in feet?
270 DA, barely clears a 12 ft high door opening. 8'6" beam.

5. How many times per year do you trailer your boat to the water?
Maybe 50

6. How far do you normally travel to get there (one way)?
5 miles