7mm08
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….. of your dreams. What would you put in it?
Thanks.
Thanks.
If you where going to design the boathouse…
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Lockable tackle/rod storage
Live bait tank…. I never had this but always wished I did for crabs and shrimp. I used a bait pen but the sheepshead would eat any leg, claw or piece of the crab that was sticking out of the pen.
Enough space so the wimmins could sit and relax without getting sprayed while the men are cleaning the boat.
Stainless fillet table
Enough underwater lights to make it look like an aquarium when the sun goes down. No better place to have a night cap than watching your pet fish swim around.
Ice machine
Fridge/feeezer
Are you starting from scratch or is there already a dock and a lift?
Live bait tank…. I never had this but always wished I did for crabs and shrimp. I used a bait pen but the sheepshead would eat any leg, claw or piece of the crab that was sticking out of the pen.
Enough space so the wimmins could sit and relax without getting sprayed while the men are cleaning the boat.
Stainless fillet table
Enough underwater lights to make it look like an aquarium when the sun goes down. No better place to have a night cap than watching your pet fish swim around.
Ice machine
Fridge/feeezer
Are you starting from scratch or is there already a dock and a lift?
7mm08
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Starting from scratch. Architect came over yesterday to tie into the house. So boat and trailer. Thinking 12-14 ft high, 32-34 ft inside length, but those numbers are fluid. It will be built on pilings.
I have a 20 ft Center Console, no T top, but I plan on building it big enough to hold a 22-24 footer with T -top for resale one day if we ever move off the island or eventually when they toss my ashes into the Atlantic.
Thanks for input.
Something along these lines but not final as will require one door to be larger get a boat in.
I have a 20 ft Center Console, no T top, but I plan on building it big enough to hold a 22-24 footer with T -top for resale one day if we ever move off the island or eventually when they toss my ashes into the Atlantic.
Thanks for input.
Something along these lines but not final as will require one door to be larger get a boat in.
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BigCityBubba
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You are talking garage, not boathouse. I was thinking the same thing as pilchard which to me is essentially a garage on water like they have on Lake Guntersville. I would have added to his list that it have garage doors and boat lifts. As for a garage make sure its long enough and the doors are tall enough. 10 foot roll doors. For a 24 footer, you probably want it close to if not more than 30 feet deep. Add a couple feet for the motor and a couple feet for the tongue as well as room to walk around it. To make it truly awesome, make it a drive through. To make it even more awesome make it drive through and deep enough for both your vehicle and your boat. Make it wide enough that you can put benches and have space to walk between benches and boat. Hang rod racks on the walls and have plenty of shelving for you fishing gear and boat gear.
7mm08
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I'm on a double lot but the drive thru isn't possible.
thanks
thanks
Ah, I thought you were talking about a dock house. Ignore the stuff I said that doesn't make sense.
One main requirement for me would be deep enough for the truck and trailer to be hooked up and backed into one bay together.
7mm08
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Now you're talking divorce! Ha! That would be 50' or more!!!
Just add her something special in there for her
7mm08
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Washing machine for the boat cleaning towels??Just add her something special in there for her
That will definitely rekindle the magic
BigCityBubba
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Sometimes you have to make sacrifices
Depending on boat length and truck it would take 50+. My boat is 22' and truck is a crew cab. My barn is 60' and when hooked up and backed in my zero turn can fit behind the boat but the front of the truck is at the door.
AC and I would have the floor sloped to the center with a drain. When it's 100 and you need to wash the boat down that would be nice. Also wash cars in the AC
7mm08
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I like that idea!!!
BigCityBubba
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I wish I had AC in my shop. I don't wash my boats in the shop but I do work on them and I have a giant shop fan which is not nearly enough.
Wide enough and deep enough that you can have shelving all around the walls with room to work on and in the boat.
A section of one of the side walls for rod storage.
A section of one of the side walls for rod storage.
TheLBLman
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Then add a foot or two for when you decide you need a bigger boat
7mm08
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Thanks. I did. I measured up to 24' boats and one day I figured someone will want a boat garage on an island. Ha!Then add a foot or two for when you decide you need a bigger boat
Right now there is a 50 boat waiting list to get into the marina covered or uncovered lot. Someone will want it if we decide to ever move.
