[Rhodes22-list] FW: Old boat space ideas

[Mary Lou Troy]

Chris,
The shelves have worked really well but one reason we put everything 
in containers is that things tend to slide to the back of the shelves 
toward the side of the boat. If we didn't have stuff stowed in that 
open space, the small container might go over the edge. The other is 
big enough so it won't.

One of the nice things about the utensils in containers on the 
shelves is that they are.. um... contained. There are only two places 
to look to find things and they are easy to restow. Also easy to 
bring home and really wash after a long cruise.

The shelves themselves were marketed as "adjustable undersink storage 
shelves" in the kitchen area of Bed Bath & Beyond or Linens n Things 
many, many moons ago.

The pantry idea (the small rubbermaid container for spices and cans) 
works but things tend to get lost in it even though it's a small bin. 
It doesn't help that we also use it in the travel trailer so I always 
seem to be repacking it for one or the other. I'd have one for each 
but I'd never use up all the spices before they turned stale. It does 
make it easy to bring those things home and resort them.

Fred added the second shelf (the bookshelf) in the head. There are 
screws with eye heads on either end so we can attach a bungee to keep 
the books and charts in place. One of the dry bags also has manuals 
for most of the equipment on the boat.

The aphorism may be "a shelf in the head is better than a duck in the 
lazarette" - or something like that.

Best,
Mary Lou


At 06:19 PM 4/4/2010, you wrote:
>Mary Lou,
>           I really like the shelves, I'm going to see if I can do something
>similar.  Also the two shelves in the head are better than one (isn't there
>some sort aphorism like that?)
>Your V-berth looks like ours does most of the time.
>Chris Geankoplis
>
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>[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Mary Lou Troy
>Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 09:22
>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] FW: Old boat space ideas
>
>I was inspired to create a pictorial of the galley and cabin storage set-ups
>on Fretless. PDF should be attached. Our storage is not quite as ingenious
>as Chris G's but it's workable. We may be borrowing some of his ideas though
>right now I think all of our stuff fits. Most of our cruising is some
>combination of nights at anchor and nights at marinas.
>
>
>
>Mary Lou
>
>1991 R22 Fretless
>
>Rock Hall, MD
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