When your boat isn't in use, where do you store it during the season?

Currently mine is sitting in a relatives driveway and is about an hour and a half from water. (meaning I have to drive 30 minutes south to get the boat and 60 minutes north to water). Personally I would like it closer to water, so I can sail after work.

One of the near by lakes has "on the water" storage for $250/season + club membership and I can leave it floating in a dock slip or on a lift in a slip.....I don't see any cleats on the hobie, so I doubt mooring it mast up is a good idea....maybe for a pot bellied mono hull daysailer. And I'm not going to buy a boat lift that costs more than the boat.


Or there is a farmer that rents spaces in a gravel lot for $35/mo. He's about 2 miles from the water. No power lines between the lot and the water, so I could probably tow it mast up if I'm careful.

I just know that the office is 30 minutes south of water and the boat is 30 minutes south of the office and I'd rather mash the pedal to the floor and sail after work.

The best situation to mast up storage at a boat yard or cat-friendly sailing club. There's nothing like showing up, throwing up the sails and getting out there. Do not store a beach cat in the water...unless you're willing to do the keelboat (read "slow") boat-job anti-foul thing. Even then, your drain plugs (if you have them) will slowly leak and fill the hulls.

For Sailors in the Seattle area.
http://www.sailsandpoint.org/?content=BoatAccessandStorage

Thanks for rubbing it in Caleb. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I will probably just pay the $$ to keep it in a lot. Cheaper and more conveneient than towing it everywhere.

I might look into getting a boat lift for the next boat.

Also, what are my limitations to towing with the mast up.....provided I can find a route free of power lines and tree limbs?

I made the drive last night and it looks like I have a straight shot for 2.1 miles.

www.birminghamsailingclub.org

mast up storage, full kitchen, locker rooms, clubhouse, weekly racing. $395/year. Biggest complaint is that it is 40 minutes from home.

No beach, so you launch like a dinghy. Jib up, launch, tie to the dock, raise the main while at the dock. The hardest part is getting from the dock to the trampoline. Coming back in also requires some finesse, especially when there is a crowd.

you would definitely want to rig up something to keep the mast from rotating if you try to trailer it 2 miles mast up.

My boat sits on the ground, mast up, at my club's "Hobie Beach" out on a skinny point for $180/yr & that includes a space in our parking lot for the trailer. I live 5 minutes away, and I keep my sails, etc... in a locker box next to the boat. So I can be on the water in just minutes from home or work.

You can get mast-up parking spaces for $50 to $100/yr. Club dues vary depending on your age and type of boat. Top-notch facilities, lots of racing & social activities; unfortunately not many cats, though.

www.indianapolissailing.org

In Ireland, In Sailing Club - cost Euro300. On the grass above the beach, beside the lake. Mast up, everything almost rigged under a cover. I put on the beach in the poll - actually 6 ft off the beach <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Probably nearly in the water now - with all the rain we've had <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />

At the club, mast up. US$100 or thereabout a year. Club house with shower, kitchen the works.. No bar though. 20 minutes to drive from home.

Picture shows a friends Dart16X at the boatpark (you know the guy Dermot), and the distance to the fjord.

Our boats are mast up at our sailing club in Key Largo, Florida in the wintertime and same thing at our sailing club at Put-in-Bay, Ohio in the summertime.

In both cases we have to pay boat dry-storage fees in addition to the club dues.

At the club in Ohio, we just pay $100 flat fee for the whole season, which is basically from May through October.
At the club in Key Largo, we pay by the month, and I think it is somewhere around $30 a month (or less).

I know, it's expensive to belong to two clubs, but, heck, who needs health insurance? Sailing keeps you young. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

We had a good chat on the phone one day. I'm not sure if I was any help advising him. Laser were making lots of changes to the Dart 16 at the time , and I was not sure where it was going. It's still a good fun cat, if the crew is light enough. I hope that he's enjoying it.

He loves the boat and have set up as a reseller/distributor for this model. In time I guess/hope we will see him on an F16, but he is using the Dart16X as a trainer for now. The 16 is a good boat for its use, and the cats are the growing class at our club.

One boat, the RC-27, is at the sailing club. It cost $60/month, but it takes up two spots and it is right in front of the ramp. The other boat, a Nacra 5.2, is mast up on beach wheels in my front yard. It is 600' to the water

Keep mine on a trailer till I move to Florida or Shreveport La were I can do mast up. Pain to set up each time with spin. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

Doug

Skeg keels looks a lot like my Mystere 4.3. Also look like a good boat to learn spin. That is why I bought mine. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

Doug

Mast up at a dry-sail only club. No docks, no power boats. Just Lasers, scows, and a bunch of cats. All stored mast up in a grass area next to the water. Great spot!

So that club does not have any space for you to store your boat on shore and launch it, with ramp or hoist or through weeds or over rocks or whatever?

Mary, I honestly did not think to ask.

I've having trouble deciding which lake I would rather keep the boat at. We have Cowan to the north and Harsha to the South. They both have thier pro's and cons.