2017 … Right now my garage has a 9' X 7' and my boat will just barely fit! Hey all, What size of a garage door do you have for your boat? :wacko: That sure makes boat … If the stern is narrow enough with adequate space, move the motor into the boat, returning it to its original position only when the boat … The basement is unfinished and we can get our 18.5 foot Skeeter with a non folding trailer and our Silverado crew cab truck in the basement hooked together and ready to go. The standard size for double garage doors is 16 feet wide and 7 to 8 feet high.. Backing a snowmobile trailer or my smaller 18' boat in the 8' wide door … I don't have my boat … My garage had one 8' wide door and one 16' wide door where the SeaRay was kept. Not sure why the genius's designing houses always put the tandem portion of the garage behind a single 8' door opening. Many homeowners have two cars and need garage space to shelter them both. I would say that is about the minimum to store the boat comfortably without constantly worrying about dings and scratches from banging stuff into it. I store mine in a 12 x 30 garage with a 10 foot high door, might be 11. but do not have to put the tower down and have plenty of room to walk around and even store stuff behind the boat. Overall length from cavitation plate to trailer tongue was 34'. Do we have any idea how tall a boat will be when it's on a trailer (measured from ground to top of tower)? :huh: I have a 1999 185 Nitro Fish and Ski. 24-SSL (2012) Express w/6 strakes, awesome cable steering because I'm cheap, big gouge in … Smaller sizes can be found; for example, in areas where golf cart transportation is popular, garage doors are usually available to suit these small vehicles. There is a restriction that I can't have higher than 10 feet walls on the garage, which would mean about a 9' door at max. Take note of your boat and garage dimensions and show them to a specialist so that you can together calculate whether your prospective trailer is of a proper size. With the tongue folded and the trailer pushed up to the garage door I have about 1 foot behind the swim platform so I can get around the boat. I built the garage 40' deep. Their garage door sticks a little, and you have to really throw it up to get it to go all the way up. My boat garage is 25'L x 14'W x 8' tall (with a 7' door). Width wise you don't want any door narrower than 10' wide IMHO. Lift the motor into the boat. For example, for a 11’6” boat on a trailer you might want to go with a garage door dimensions of 12 foot high and at least 10 foot in width. To cover all possible boats that you can tow without a permit, than a garage … Can't fit a boat in it or a full size truck without pulling the mirrors in … There's a double wide garage door on the other end of the house for cars. Leading garage door manufacturers typically sell doors in widths ranging from 8 feet to 20 feet. Many 16 x 7 garage doors will be designed with a pair of single 8-foot garage door … In large suburban or rural properties, such garage doors …