A Chris Craft Carribean (1973 35' sail boat) owner showed me how he had delt
with heavy tools he didn't need often.
He cut access hatches over drawers mounted under bunks and settees and when
he pulled the drawers all the way to the stops he could stash these items in
the little space underneath (curved void). Not a lot of room, but any space
on a 35' boat is precious.
Same can be done for the settee backrests, if not already.
Something I find on a lot of boats is the access hatches under the settees
and bunks aren't big enough to really use the space. Items that aren't
easily accessable tend to get forgotten, so the space isn't used as well as
it could be.
MMC
"Skip Gundlach" wrote in message
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bushman wrote:
Good question!
I am doing the same. One thing that helped out for me on my last boat
was to
paint all the lockers white high gloss enamle. This added a lot of light
to
those deep lockers and made it easeir to find things.

I've just started, but there are some pix of the results, doing
something which makes seeing stuff in the closets and on the shelves
enormously easier...

I used rope lighting, controlled by a button switch, all around the
frame. In a laz, it would point down, in the closets, it points
outboard. Open the door, and it's illuminated, at the rate of
.05A/foot.

Thus, the closet forward, which has about 6 feet of rope, draws .3A
when it's open.

Those interested will have to wade through some pix to see it
completely, but

http://www.justpickone.org/skip/gall...-Late&start=21
has the start of those pix of the forward closet project. Also in that
general area is the teflon strips I did to our companionways, and some
more clamptite pictures of the forward head...

We're blessed with an abundance of storage available, but I'll be
following this thread with interest as how to easiest access stuff you
need, or to put stuff you don't often need where it's not taking up
immediate access space is interesting to us...

L8R

Skip, on the hard in a family reunion, saying goodbye as we round third
to our departure...