Tacoma WA Boat Storage
Luxurious yacht, simple fishing boat or fast motorboats, investing in any kind of a boat is an enjoyable experience for the owner. You can spend hours of wonderful time aboard your boat while enjoying a swim, wakeboarding, skiing, simple cruise of the water way, or a week long fishing trip. But what do you do with your boat when the weather turns bad or you have to go on vacation? Well, if you’re a boat owner then you know the importance of properly storing your boat when it’s not in use. Proper storage can increase the life of your precious water vessel. But finding a perfect place for safekeeping can be difficult. Luckily for Tacoma boat owners there is Maxi Space.
At Maxi Storage, we provide both indoor and outdoor trailer boat storage options.
When considering boat storage you need to consider the following factors:
- Amount of space required for boat storage
- Type of boat storage desired
- Level of protection required from all natural elements like rain, wind, snow and extreme climatic variation
- Budget for storing your boat
Boat Storage Options available at Tacoma WA
There are a few different types of boat storage options available in Tacoma, WA outlined below are some of these options and a few positive and negative features of each.
Dry stack boat storage – We understand that the most convenient place for boat storage would be a dry storage facility near to the marina. These facilities are called dry stack. In these storage facilities boats are stacked on top of each other using a forklift.
Positive Features
Dry stack boat storage can be very convenient. Your boat can be launched and made voyage ready in a short period of time. But the best part about dry stacking boat storage is that it doesn’t require any trailer operation so you won’t need to spend any money on the purchase of a trailer. When the facility providing this service is professional and knows what they are doing, Boats stored in this manner is adequately protected from all natural elements.
Negative Features
Sometimes boats in dry storage have to be heated to stop them from freezing during the winters—which makes this storage option quite expensive. Even with out heating boat storage this way can be quite expensive and space is typically limited. Also because no trailer is required if you don’t have a trailer your water way is limited to the access point from this single location.
This type of storage is typically very expensive and space is very limited. Lease options are typically done in 2 year terms
Wet slip storage- Wet slip storage is typically for boats that are more than 25 feet in length. When you use wet slip storage, your boat is stored right in the water.
Positive Features
Boat is stored right in the water and is typically ready to go.
Negative Features
Boat must be adequately covered to protect it from rain and sunlight. Care must also be take to ensure that water doesn’t enter into bilge.
To keep the batteries of the boats completely charged, continuous electricity supply to the boat is also need. Having charged batteries helps in automatically pumping out of bilge.
Because the boat is kept in the water the boat needs to be regularly lifted and cleaned.
This type of storage is typically very expensive and space is very limited. Lease options are typically done in 2 year terms.
Trailer boat storage – Trailer boat storage facilities are provided to those boat owners who are interested in finding private storage area for their precious beauties. These are special garages or storage lots where you can store your boat on a trailer under lock and key and save them from all natural elements as well as thefts. Maxi-Space provides both Indoor dry boat storage and Outdoor wet boat trailer storage.
Positive Features
Boat is kept trailer ready to drive to any waterway of your choice.
This type of storage is typically inexpensive compared to other options.
Lease options are typically month to month with limited commitments.
For Indoor trailer boat storage you boat is protected from sunlight, snow and rain.
Negative Features
For outdoor trailer Boat storage your boar must be adequately covered to protect it from rain and sunlight.
If you’re interested in the convenience and affordability of trailer based boat storage contact Maxi-Space today to find out availability and pricing.
