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Posts: 1,884 Detroit, MI | This is winter storage, but the Tiger fits into the garage quite nicely in the summer, too. You have to push it forward on the trailer to fit it in. Actually, you have to push any boat forward on the trailer to fit in - it's the trailer that barely fits, not the boat. Masts go sideways, hung from the ceiling. Three car garage and the Tiger mast has about 1 foot of clearance. | | | Re: Close Fit?
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Posts: 148 Cutler Bay, Florida | Why can't he just roll the boat forward on the trailer when he backs it in? I think that's what I'll have to do, Les. This is winter storage, but the Tiger fits into the garage quite nicely in the summer, too. You have to push it forward on the trailer to fit it in.
Actually, you have to push any boat forward on the trailer to fit in - it's the trailer that barely fits, not the boat.
Masts go sideways, hung from the ceiling. Three car garage and the Tiger mast has about 1 foot of clearance. Gotta admit, Matt, that is the pic that got me thinking that I could stow the boat in my garage. I have a two-car garage and only one car. Course, most of my neighbors don't even use their garage for their cars, but I do everyday. Anyway, I won't stick out with mine outside. | | | Re: Close Fit?
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Posts: 4,118 Northfield Mn | Karl's avatar That is pretty sick Karl I think that's the best one I've found yet! I know, I know, get a hobby.
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#141020 04/23/08 10:16 AM 04/23/08 10:16 AM |
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Posts: 117 Northern VA | Wow, Karl, that's much better than my Hobie 20, 16, and Laser all in a low-ceiling two car 19x20 garage! Our cars have to sit outside, too :-( No way a 30'+ mast fits in 19x20 though; do the simple A sq + B sq =C sq triangle math. I've also found that a lot of 19x20 standard garages are only 19 deep; that would be a challenge.
The trailer is the key; my sailbox and rear cradles hit the back wall and the tip of the tongue clears the garage door lip by less than 2". I put a pair of rollers on a 2x4 and hang it off the trailer winch; as I pull the 20 forward on the trailer this supports some of the weight (the 20 has LONG bows). That 2x4 also comes in very handy for installing the hull covers single-handed (lift up the bows and slide the covers over the cradles). The 16 has plenty of support when slid forward and doesn't need the 2x4.
I also knew of someone who lifted the tongue of the trailer up in the air; this also reduces the overall length of the rig. Make sure you chock the wheels; this guy had the boat in nose first, tilted up, and all ready to take off down a STEEP driveway :-) Pretty scary looking.
The Laser rides on a custom wood cradle on the 16, and travels to winter frostbite races that way. To get the 16 all the way in the garage, AND to have a central walkway, I have to put a floor jack under the axle and scoot it sideways over to the wall. That IS a PITA, but every time I have to do it, I keep saying "$800 a year storage, $800 a year..." | | | Re: Close Fit?
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#141021 04/23/08 10:21 AM 04/23/08 10:21 AM |
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Posts: 1,884 Detroit, MI | OK Matt, so where does all that stuff go in the summer???
Mike 16 and 17 will live in the garage this summer. 14 goes out to Whitmore Lake where we manage some apartments (that also just happen to have a boat storage lot). I can be on the water 40 minutes from leaving my desk. The Tiger is going to live down at Crescent Sail YC for the summer. A few of us are doing a week-night F-18 series on Lk. St. Clair. What you don't see in the photo is my daughter's Laser. We haven't really figured out where to put that just yet. | | |
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