I'm finishing off the car port beside my house and want to know what size garage door people are using. <BR>The boat is 8 ft wide so I was looking at a 9 ft wide by 8 ft high door. <BR> <BR>Thanks for any suggestions <BR> <BR>Kent <BR>

12 feet wide, 8 feet high. The garage is 15 x 25, roughly.

Using a 9 ft wide door doesn't leave much room for error. I have a 12 ft wide X 15 ft high door.

It can only be a single garage (built on the side of a house). Has anyone parked a 20 - 23 foot boat in a garage with a door that size (9x8) or will it be near impossible to back the boat in?

At only 9ft wide that would have to be a smaller boat to fit comfortably--I have a 17ft Four winns and the outside dimensions of the fenders on the trailer are at 7' 6"...so I opted for a 10' door and 7' tall on the house we are building right now. <BR> <BR>I think that you will want at least 6" on each side of the fenders. (assuming that you have a pretty straight shot back to the door) <BR> <BR>sw

You can definitely get it in, just not a easy. <BR> <BR>My trailer is 8' wide &amp; 23' long <BR>Garage door: 9' wide, 6.5' high <BR> <BR>Biggest problem with mine is the height, it just squeezes in with the tower down. <BR> <BR>Needless to say, I only garage it for the winter... <BR> <BR>If I was using the garage everytime, I would want atleast a 10ft wide door

Best to go a foot or more wider then the trailer. Fold your tower down and measure from the ground to the highest point on the folded tower. Then decide how tall to make the door.

yeah i have the same problem: <BR> <BR>My trailer is 8' wide &amp; 25' long <BR>Garage door: 9' wide, 7' high <BR> <BR>My problem is the height, The tower does not clear folded down so i have to take it off and back the boat in. I hold my tower on the ceiling with bike hooks. <BR> <BR>I have to do this everytime I use the boat and I must say I am really good at backing it in. Haven't taken the garage out yet. <BR> <BR>If you can make it wider go with 10ft sounds good.

I have a 2003 Launch LTS, and my garage doors are 9'. The boat only clears the door by 3" overall on width, so backing in can be a challenge. To get the boat out I walk it out by hand, then hitch it up. It is a pain in the rear, but beats keeping the boat outside. Go for a 10'door if you can.

9' x 7' garage doors suck! Stay away!