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We made room for a Dometic CF-50 under the aft port seat after moving fresh water storage to a flexible tank in the forward bow compartment under the v berth. Photos are in our album.
Jim
 
Jim and Jeannie,

WOW, that is a nice album and I really liked that toy model C-Dory on the opening page. Nice.

Greg is right. Thanks for sharing some really great ideas.

Harvey
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Aurelia":73faz9et said:
Fantastic modifications Blue Rose! That album will sell your boat by itself if you ever have the need.

Greg
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Hello Jim (Blue Rose)

And I second Greg's comment. Those are VERY well-done, professional-looking mods! You have definite talent for making those changes. Thanks for posting the pics. It helps give all of us ideas for our own boats.

dave
 
Now I'm almost afraid to go look ! But of course I can't resist :lol:

Afterward: Very nice, and gave me lots of good ideas! (Now I wish I had a woodshop.)

I have a question on the CF-50 cooler under the portside/aft seat: You mention that you built up the co-pilot seat base by 4" for better visibility when underway. I'm thinking this would have included the after seat base as well, for consistency when sitting at the dinette table. If so, is that what allowed the CF-50 to fit? Or would/did it fit under the stock seat height?

Second, tangential question: What are the diagonal legs of your transom trailering straps attached to? It look like the trim tab upper arms, but I'm guessing it's not that since they are only molded plastic. Good idea on the diagonals -- would be useful to keep stern from wandering when on the trailer but with nothing rubbing on the gelcoat.
 
I appreciate the compliments guys but I must thank the other C-Brats who willingly shared their ideas for the modifications. We just adapted them to our boat.

A CF-50 will not fit under a stock aft seat on a 22 because the hull slopes inward and does not give enough "length" to keep the freezer from sticking out into the walkway. Really what I did was to add the 4" to the top of the aft seat cabinet to raise the freezer to where the hull is wider. The final seat heights do match each other (so the table still makes into a bed) by leaving the co-pilot seat cabinet at its stock height and reconstructing the entire portside floor from the v berth bulkhead to the aft seat cabinet 4" higher to gain more usable storage under it. (I added a photo in my album)

The top hook of the diagonal strap is on the boat eye and the bottom hook is on a trailer bunk support.
Jim
 
Thanks for the additional detail. I've mused about changing something with the seat/table/foot height on the dinette, but never quite decided on anything. I'll have to give your ideas a "test run" when I'm next at anchor - see how the sight lines, etc. work out.
 
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