Boat Parking Pad...

...I did a search and did not find any decent information. I would like to build a boat parking pad adjacent to my garage so I can keep my boat at my house. Right now, my initial concept is a simple pad with a rudimentary roof on top to keep rain/leaves/dust, etc. from settling in the boat. eventually, I would like to be able to integrate the pad into the garage itself (i.e. enclosed with passage from one to the other).

Has anybody attempted this? How labor intensive is it? What were the costs? I don't think I am biting off more than I can chew as I am fairly mechanically inclined, but I would like to have a firm grasp on what I am getting myself into...

The first thing you will have to do is pull a permit since you want to put up a structure unless you think you can get away with putting it up w/o inspectors seeing it. If you put in a 10'x24' slab at 4" thick it is roughly 4 yards of concrete, so figure in rebar and forms you are looking at about 5-6 hundred and then lumber and roofing material you would be into it no less than $1500.

I made a similar "boat port" in the backyard of our old house. I just poured (2) pads for the tandems to sit on. The ground from the tandems to the driveway was hard packed so there were no issues getting it in and out. The structure was (8) posts with a simple roof truss system over the top. The concrete for the post anchors and wheel pads was just under 1.5 yd and I did it with (2) trips using a rented tilt cement hopper. The hardest part of the whole thing was digging the holes for the post anchors....hired that. The rest was pretty easy.