Garage clearance...

[dalcini]

Gents,
My garage is 10' 5" high, 20' 8" deep, and the door is 8' wide by 7' tall. Has anyone squeezed any of the following into spaces of this size or less?
190/192? AR192 folded?
210/212?
How about an AR195 folded??? (New tower design)

I'd sure like to consider a 21' Yamaha, but I don't hold much hope that I can shoehorn one into my garage.

Any input appreciated.

 

[swatski]

Gents,
My garage is 10' 5" high, 20' 8" deep, and the door is 8' wide by 7' tall. Has anyone squeezed any of the following into spaces of this size or less?
190/192? AR192 folded?
210/212?
How about an AR195 folded??? (New tower design)

I'd sure like to consider a 21' Yamaha, but I don't hold much hope that I can shoehorn one into my garage.

Any input appreciated.

EDIT: sorry I misread height for door height. My bad.
DELETED my post.

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[zipper]

I have to ask if any of those boats listed above by @dalcini will fit under a 7' door tower folded or not, wont the windshield be too high. I know my ar230 is a bigger boat but even without a tower, there is no way to jam it under a 7' door. The 19 footers cannot be that much shorter in height can they?

 

[bronze_10]

If the 19 footers ate the same width as the 230 I think your bigger problem is door width.. I jeep mine in my parents shop over the winter.. the door is about 8 foot 9 inches wide at the opening and we shoe horn that bastered through that door!

 

[bronze_10]

 

[dalcini]

@bronze_10, Wow! That is a seriously tight fit! (and a seriously shiny hull - nice.)

For those who don't already know, @Julian contributed a really great reference on Yamaha boat specs which includes dimensions here:
https://jetboaters.net/threads/differences-between-the-newer-4-cycle-yamaha-jet-boats.29/

For the 190/192, the document shows 7'1" high with the trailer tongue lowered onto a jack. That's still too tall for my garage door opening, but I wondered if anyone here has found a creative way to shoehorn one in anyway. If I'm not mistaken, 7' is a fairly standard garage door height so I figured there would be lots of people with the same quandary.

 

[RiverRat]

I have to drop my tongue onto a floor jack to make it under my garage header at about 6'9". That is with the rear swept tower though, not sure if the forward towers add to the height. If I had no tower it would easily fit without having to do the jack trick.

I'd be concerned about the width, as only 8 ft wide may not work.

 

[haknslash]

Your issue is going to be your door width, not the height. You can remove the washers that hold the cable for the tower which allows it to sit inside the boat (see my video) however my trailer is wider than 8' so that would be your issue.

Using a floor jack was not enough to allow my boat to fit in my garage with a door height of 83" because of the tower light. Even unscrewing the tower light will not give you enough room, so you would have to lengthen the washer stops or remove the washers completely and let the tower lower enough. Still though with only 8' width I don't think you would be able to make it work unless you removed the wheels, tires and fenders and somehow managed to roll it in.

 

[dalcini]

That's great information @RiverRat. Your exact boat is actually what I'm hoping to get (I have a few 2014's bookmarked on CL). My door actually measures 6'11", so it's very encouraging to know that the tower will fold to fit under it. I think my Garage depth has about 20'4" of usable space. Do you think I would be able to get an AR192 into that? As far as the door width is concerned, I actually have two doors - the other is 15'11" wide (I have one single, and one double) - so I could just use that opening.

 

[dalcini]

@haknslash - I saw your video, but couldn't remember where. Thanks for the info. If by some miracle, I find a 2016 (or newer) AR with the new tower, I'll definitely be looking to make that washer mod. Right now, it looks like I'll be stretching the budget just to get into a 2013/2014 though.

 

[SoxFan]

Keep in mind the actual door opening is often reduced by the framing around it.
I have a 2013 212SS that has a 8' 5" beam. I replaced my existing 8' wide door with a 9' wide X 8' high door. The framing around it only gives me an inch on each side to get it in and out.
My garage is 22' 9" deep. With the folded trailer tongue, this gives me a couple of inches front and back.
A tight fit, but well worth it to have a garaged boat all year up here in New England.

 

[haknslash]

The trailer tongue folds right at the tip of the bow so it's right around 19' for the 190/192 boats. You should have enough depth. The 8' width is going to be your issue I believe.