RobMcClain
Member
Hi all.... In our Venture model we use a small nylon hammock strung on each side of the main cabin to store miscellaneous food items - things like cookies, chips, bread, granola bars, etc. When empty the hammocks hang at the top of the window line, but when full they hang down obscuring the view both for the passenger and the captain. The hammocks certainly hold in their items though, regardless of rough water.
In the Venture model we actually have pretty good headroom all the way across the beam of the boat. We have been trying to think of a practical way to install a small shelf that runs fore and aft above the window. Perhaps a shelf with a length of about 40-60 inches and a depth of ~6 to 8 inches, or a couple of ~18-20 inch long baskets on each side. We have thought of the obvious material, teak, but there are other creative possibilities as well, not to mention the different sorts of firm-sided baskets like we've seen at The Container Store for example. We have wanted to do this project for over a year but we still have no decision regarding what might be best. For each positive concept I seem to find a negative... Being no closer to making some sort of decision the hammocks remain.
One of the areas that is causing me difficulty is how to competently fasten to the cabin whatever we want to do. Obviously I can screw into the cabin side, but only so deep. I hate adding holes and screws but don't want whatever it is to come down after a few bounces. Whatever we do also has to competently hold its contents and not simply spill them out when we encounter rough water.
Has anyone put up some sort of shelf, basket, etc, above the window line of the cabin? What ideas are out there in C-Brats land for storing lightweight food and other sorts of items up high?
Rob
In the Venture model we actually have pretty good headroom all the way across the beam of the boat. We have been trying to think of a practical way to install a small shelf that runs fore and aft above the window. Perhaps a shelf with a length of about 40-60 inches and a depth of ~6 to 8 inches, or a couple of ~18-20 inch long baskets on each side. We have thought of the obvious material, teak, but there are other creative possibilities as well, not to mention the different sorts of firm-sided baskets like we've seen at The Container Store for example. We have wanted to do this project for over a year but we still have no decision regarding what might be best. For each positive concept I seem to find a negative... Being no closer to making some sort of decision the hammocks remain.
One of the areas that is causing me difficulty is how to competently fasten to the cabin whatever we want to do. Obviously I can screw into the cabin side, but only so deep. I hate adding holes and screws but don't want whatever it is to come down after a few bounces. Whatever we do also has to competently hold its contents and not simply spill them out when we encounter rough water.
Has anyone put up some sort of shelf, basket, etc, above the window line of the cabin? What ideas are out there in C-Brats land for storing lightweight food and other sorts of items up high?
Rob
