"Mo Chung" wrote...
In my housing development, I cannot park the boat trailer outside. I have my
wife and 3 small children to consider in sizing the boat. I have been inside
a P19 about 3 months ago but decided not to purchase because the total length
was too long (less than 1 inch allowance to the garage door) for my garage.
At the time, I did not know that I can convert to a swing tongue.

However, if you have other boats for me to consider, please feel free to
suggest. But they must fit into my garage.

In that size range I can only think of Flying Scott and Lightning, off hand. I
haven't followed the new boats like the small Hunters, but there may be other
18-19-footers out there... Each of them is way different from the other, and
only the Potter has a cabin. The Lightning would be the most challenging to
sail, so may not be a good fit as a first boat.

I have been considering P19 because the dimensions of the boat on the trailer
were available on the web.
The dimensions to my garage are;
W: 8' 10"
H: 7' 9" door opening, the ceiling is much higher.
L: 21' 6" Base foundation Door Panels
L: 21' 8" Wall to the Door Panels

Besides the boat and trailer, you have the mast height to consider, since the
mast on a sloop is often longer than the boat length. make sure the mast will
fit in the garage, too, before you buy anything!

You might consider storing the boat in a boat/RV storage yard instead of the
garage...


Many P19's for sale on the web do not have swing tongues so I have to add a
swing tongue.
Is the 21' 8" with adjustable motor mount or fix motor mount?
What brand of a trailer are they using to come up with the dimensions?

Don't know. Probably varies with the boat and year.

For the trailers for P19, do I need brakes on the trailer?

Depends on your car and state laws. What's the total weight of the boat and
trailer?

The weight including boat and trailer comes to about 1850lbs. Add some
stuff, it comes to about 2000 lbs.

"John Weiss" wrote in message
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"Mo Chung" wrote...
In my housing development, I cannot park the boat trailer outside. I have
my wife and 3 small children to consider in sizing the boat. I have been
inside a P19 about 3 months ago but decided not to purchase because the
total length was too long (less than 1 inch allowance to the garage door)
for my garage. At the time, I did not know that I can convert to a swing
tongue.

However, if you have other boats for me to consider, please feel free to
suggest. But they must fit into my garage.

In that size range I can only think of Flying Scott and Lightning, off
hand. I haven't followed the new boats like the small Hunters, but there
may be other 18-19-footers out there... Each of them is way different
from the other, and only the Potter has a cabin. The Lightning would be
the most challenging to sail, so may not be a good fit as a first boat.

I have been considering P19 because the dimensions of the boat on the
trailer were available on the web.
The dimensions to my garage are;
W: 8' 10"
H: 7' 9" door opening, the ceiling is much higher.
L: 21' 6" Base foundation Door Panels
L: 21' 8" Wall to the Door Panels

Besides the boat and trailer, you have the mast height to consider, since
the mast on a sloop is often longer than the boat length. make sure the
mast will fit in the garage, too, before you buy anything!

You might consider storing the boat in a boat/RV storage yard instead of
the garage...


Many P19's for sale on the web do not have swing tongues so I have to add
a swing tongue.
Is the 21' 8" with adjustable motor mount or fix motor mount?
What brand of a trailer are they using to come up with the dimensions?

Don't know. Probably varies with the boat and year.

For the trailers for P19, do I need brakes on the trailer?

Depends on your car and state laws. What's the total weight of the boat
and trailer?

"Mo Chung" wrote...
The weight including boat and trailer comes to about 1850lbs. Add some stuff,
it comes to about 2000 lbs.

Probably a trailer with brakes will be a good idea, if not required. I assume
your car can handle that, too...