Float Plane Ramp & Hangar

Seaplane Pilot · 11-24-2017, 06:10 PM

It would be a long shot to get a permit to build a concrete ramp into the water. However, thinking outside the box: you can get a permit to build a boathouse. So, if you build a boathouse big enough for the plane’s wingspan, then you can put a rotating lift inside the boathouse. See link below for an example. Sunstream had a dealer on Winni (Watermark Marine), so this concept might be something to consider. Good luck!

http://www.liftguy.ca/portfolio/plane-lifts/

FlyingScot · 11-24-2017, 09:17 PM

If you want a boathouse, I'm pretty sure you need to buy an existing one. Then you would need to get a permit to modify it, and the modifications could not expand the footprint. Various other issues apply too, such as making sure the boathouse you buy is legally grandfathered. All in all, a very complex and risky process, especially after you've dropped 7 figures to buy the property.

Seaplane Pilot · 11-24-2017, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by PeterG

If you want a boathouse, I'm pretty sure you need to buy an existing one. Then you would need to get a permit to modify it, and the modifications could not expand the footprint. Various other issues apply too, such as making sure the boathouse you buy is legally grandfathered. All in all, a very complex and risky process, especially after you've dropped 7 figures to buy the property.

Not true at all. DES regularly issues permits for new boathouses. Only stipulation is that it cannot be constructed from the shoreline outward toward the lake. One must dig back from the shoreline toward the land side. Same as a perched beach. Hopefully “Shore Things” will chime in on this.

JC150: just a (worthless) piece of advice: if you are serious about this, do your own research on the shoreland regulations - don’t take what I or anyone else on this forum says as gospel. Forum member “Shore Things” is an incredible resource when it comes to these types of issues.

Also, another reference point: http://www.docksource.com/marine-con...thouses&pid=22

Descant · 11-24-2017, 09:36 PM

I'm aware of a few people who have ramps of one sort or another, but not boat houses. Structures with in the first fifty feet of shore mare well regulated under Shoreland Water Quality Protection. Building a hangar is a little more problematic as there are also sideline setbacks that would apply to a building (local zoning). I can thinkl o at least one attorney who specializes in Zonong.RE law and also pilots an amphibian on Lake Winnipesaukee. You can also PM "Shore Things" at Environmental Services. Very Knowledgeable and very helpful. The goal of DES is not to prevcent things from happening, only to do them in non-harmful ways.
Many boating laws (e.g. speed limits) have special provisions for planes.

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11-24-2017, 06:10 PM	#1
Seaplane Pilot Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,177 Thanks: 663 Thanked 943 Times in 368 Posts	It would be a long shot to get a permit to build a concrete ramp into the water. However, thinking outside the box: you can get a permit to build a boathouse. So, if you build a boathouse big enough for the plane’s wingspan, then you can put a rotating lift inside the boathouse. See link below for an example. Sunstream had a dealer on Winni (Watermark Marine), so this concept might be something to consider. Good luck! http://www.liftguy.ca/portfolio/plane-lifts/

11-24-2017, 09:17 PM	#2
FlyingScot Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Tuftonboro and Sudbury, MA Posts: 2,548 Thanks: 1,412 Thanked 1,075 Times in 668 Posts	If you want a boathouse, I'm pretty sure you need to buy an existing one. Then you would need to get a permit to modify it, and the modifications could not expand the footprint. Various other issues apply too, such as making sure the boathouse you buy is legally grandfathered. All in all, a very complex and risky process, especially after you've dropped 7 figures to buy the property.

11-24-2017, 09:36 PM	#4
Descant Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Merrimack and Welch Island Posts: 4,597 Thanks: 1,418 Thanked 1,705 Times in 1,109 Posts	I'm aware of a few people who have ramps of one sort or another, but not boat houses. Structures with in the first fifty feet of shore mare well regulated under Shoreland Water Quality Protection. Building a hangar is a little more problematic as there are also sideline setbacks that would apply to a building (local zoning). I can thinkl o at least one attorney who specializes in Zonong.RE law and also pilots an amphibian on Lake Winnipesaukee. You can also PM "Shore Things" at Environmental Services. Very Knowledgeable and very helpful. The goal of DES is not to prevcent things from happening, only to do them in non-harmful ways. Many boating laws (e.g. speed limits) have special provisions for planes.