: 4 feet longer -- that only gives you 16';but you are building a 17' boat. Of
: course, you can angle that, but with not much room to move arround the
: boat and all the storage and power cords..etc. What is the point of
: building outside?

Besides the points mentioned by Paul Jacobson, another very obvious reason for building outside is the lack of suitable inside space. Most of my garage has been converted to a photo studio. I can move a narrow boat in on a dolly, but I sure as hell don't want sawdust, sanding dust and epoxy crap inside my studio.

Chris Luneski