Dish, Cutlery and Pot storage under sink cabinet CD 22

[A Fishin C]

Anyone have pics of what they did?

Is there a cooler available (just for what needs to be cold) that fits under the sink?

Thanks,

[Yellowstone]

Foggydew - go to my pictures on customizing Farwest II 2 & 3 for an example of what can be done

[primative]

I try to organize dishes and cutlery like a zen practice on our boat( i read "zen and the motor cycle art of maintenance" ) paying attention as i go to our needs.When you see what you really need take your time and go for it even if it means making changes that are not easy, sometimes. Regarding pot storage, film canisters used to be a favorite of mine.

[starcrafttom]

I did some thing very similar to far west. The best tip I have is to use strips of velcro to hold the boxes in place and the second level to the first.

[Pat Anderson]

This is a picture of our CD25 Daydream, but we did something almost identical on the CD22 Daydream, a David (Anna Leigh) design. The slide-out baskets are Reva-Shelf from Ovisonline.com.

[Salmon Fisher]

Pat,

Those pull outs are great, David showed me the same ones on Anna Leigh at Friday Harbor, but they are no longer available from Ovis. I poured through their website and the Reva Shelf products available don't even come close to what they used to make. Bummer!

I am thinking of making the frame from wood and then installing wire baskets and mounting on drawer slides, which is what you have, basically.

Pat, if you or anyone can find the ones you have, please post!

Thanks,

Patrick

[Pat Anderson]

I think that might be a better plan because our Reva-Shelf(s) / Shelves (since it is a brand name it probably is Reva-Shelfs, as odd as that looks!) did not hold up well to the marine environment, some of the plastic coating is peeling off and the wire baskets are rusting in spots. I was thinking about how to obtain the same functionality with drawer glides and some kind of wood framing as well. The only deal is that I an not a craftsman, and it would probably look like my stuff did in ninth grade woodshop (it took me all quarter to make one bookend).

[Chester]

We have Sterilite brand plastic drawers that look similar to those on Yellowstone's boat though they sit in a plastic frame.
I bonded a cleat to the inside of the hull, screwed one to the inside of the cabinet front then installed slats on top of the cleats. The slats are screwed to the cabinit cleat only to prevent hull flex from stressing the cabinet. The hull side cleat is mounted about an inch lower than the cabinet cleat in an attempt to harness gravity's power to keep the drawers closed. The drawer frames are fastened to these slats.
The first stack is 12 3/8" wide X 16" high X 14 1/4" deep with 4 shallow drawers.
The next stack is 8 1/4" wide X 16" high X 14 1/4" deep with 2 deep drawers.
The last stack is 12 3/8" wide X 16" high X 14 1/4" deep with 2 deep drawers.
I replumbed the sink drain with a 90* fitting to make room for the drawers and removed the top shelf from the rear stack to make room for the cook top's exhaust.
Sorry, no photos.

[Yellowstone]

Milehog - My drawers are Sterilite in plastic frames like yours. The bottom drawer frames are screwed into the floor above the sole, and the second level of drawer frames are screwed into a plywood piece between the two levels (both lower and upper frames) Thus both the drawers and the frames can be easily removed, if necessary. I find with the cabinet doors closed, the drawers do not slide out with the teak storage rack in their way. The system is very handy. The exhaust for the Wallas was routed out of the way when it was installed.

The most difficult construction was getting the teak finished floor (the piece with the piano hinge) level. The sole tapers differently underneath.I used three vertical plywood pieces with inserts on the bottom - similar to the legs on a washing machine which adjust to the irregularity of a floor. Once the floor was level, then I used L shaped brackets screwed to the vertical pieces and the sole itself. Access was via the lifted flap using a small right angle drill to drill starter holes.

[Chester]

Yellowstone, the explanation helps. Now I know what I was looking at.

[Chester]

Yellowstone, the explanation helps. Now I know what I was looking at.

[Chester]

Say Yellowstone, while I have your ear can you tell me a little about your curtains, especially how you mounted them?
Thanks.

[Yellowstone]

Chester - the curtains are mounted on sticky back velcro. They are two piece: round bamboo slats backed by unbleached muslim attached at the top. Instantly removed or just left rolled up out of the way.

This system, in my judgment, is one of the better ones. Why"
1. cheap to make
2. curtains drop instantly and just hang there or are rolled up above the windows held by a bungee loop running from little J hook.
3. you never have to have the match up problem - which goes where
4, you never bruise your finger tips pushing snaps
5. your storage issue is solved
6. if you want to remove the curtains, just pull off the velcro

The area above the windows is the perfect place to store - like a roll up shade. John

[Chester]

Yellowstone, thanks.This may be what I'm looking for. Do you remember where you got the shades?
Thanks again, Chester aka Milehog.

[Doryman]

Yellowstone -- in looking at the Far West II album, I was intrigued by the teak lazarette cover-covers. Could you explain what those are for?

Thanks,
Warren