[Public-List] Looking for ideas to organize cockpit lockers

[pat nolan]

Bags made from sail cloth slither against each other nicely. the bottom one can be pulled out without disturbing the others . Be sure to label the bags. Pat ,Arcos 414

--- On Mon, 6/20/11, Bill Wallace <wayfarer3134 at yahoo.com> wrote:


From: Bill Wallace <wayfarer3134 at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Public-List] Looking for ideas to organize cockpit lockers
To: "alberg 30" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
Date: Monday, June 20, 2011, 9:09 AM


Does anyone have pictures and/or ideas to share on how to organize your cockpit lockers for cruising?  Don Casey's books suggest adding dividers, which I am definitely considering as there is lots of space near the hull that is unused or almost unused, and I have things like oil, anti-freeze, paint etc which need storage and to not fall over.  However, I need to keep things dry, so I was going to add a solar extraction fan to the rear compartment, and have 2 intake vents with hose running to roughly where the engine is (but a bit before it, so any incoming water gets excluded.  That will force air through the 2 side lockers to keep things drier/smelling nice.

I currently sail with just the 2 sails, but I plan on adding 5 more (spare main, drifter, mainster, strom jib/trysail) so that might fill up most/all of one side as long as I can keep it dry.  That still leaves spare line, 120v power (I have 100' extension cord that I use if I have to plug something in, but normally I don't plugin to shore power), water hose, bosun's chair, life jackets - and what else, I'm not sure, I have it on my task list to clean them up.

I'm thinking of using lidded buckets for line, electrical, hose (the ones from pool chemicals are easy to get and are water tight - after washing they are fine to use - particularly the non-chlorine ones like alkalinity adjuster, which is more or less baking soda).  The square ones are particularly nice for packing in/preventing tangles.

I'm willing/capable of making custom-fit wooden boxes to fit snug against the side - there is a bunch of stuff almost never accessed that could go near the bottom.

Thanks,
Bill
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