Hi David and M-ers, Here are the photos you requested. All the bits-and-pieces you see in our box were selected to reflect how we lived and ate on board; which included wine glasses, and a corkscrew, of course! Weren't you aware that an M15 has a nice area for a wine cellar on board? Charlie Mathews was the designer and builder of the original "Tool Box Galley" which he used on his many week-long cruises in his M15 on the St. Johns River in Florida. He had written articles about his living aboard, and his M15 sailing adventures on the St. Johns River in a wonderful little magazine "MESSING ABOUT IN BOATS" published by Bob Hicks in Wenham, MA. That's where I first found it mentioned. I wrote Charlie and asked for a more detailed description of his "Tool Box Galley", and built it based on some photos that Charlie Mathews very kindly sent me. Once you have built it, you will find that it is also very useful on any long distance car trips / and in hotel/motel rooms for making a decent breakfast (other than Danish & coffee). We have also used it several times here in Connecticut after loosing electric power for a week at time, in various storms. Then it become a nice Emergency Galley; instantly available. On the M15 I used a restaurant style single burner propane stove that I bought for about $29 (try a restaurant supply house). It is almost square, and stows very nicely under the cockpit sole in an M15. It uses piezoelectric ignition, and turning off the flame also disconnects the fuel container so that it can't leak propane into the boat. Restaurants use such stoves for making crepes Suzette at the table / or for creating a spinach salad at the table We used it on board LEPPO on every cruise / at Rest Stops along the Interstates / and at Motels and Hotels. Remember to take along a table cloth to cover rough picnic tables. As you dine in style, you will be the envy of all the other visitors. The tool box was 19" long , _*with a lift out tray, that you discard*_. Look for the el-cheapo ones at HOME DEPOT or LOWES. You don't want boxes with attached drawers that expand as you open the box; or with containers for screws in the top lid. Your objective is to be able to use the whole volume in the lid for knives and other bits and pieces. If you add two small wooden cleats to the bottom of the plywood filler piece covering the Portapoti, to match the spacing of the cockpit seats at the aft end of the cockpit, it becomes a wonderful galley / work area on an M15. The cleats will keep the plywood work area in place and prevent it from sliding around (Murphy will always see to it that when you are cooking, your wine glasses are filled, and your steak is in the frying pan, some idiot in a powerboat will swing by and create a wake that will send things sliding) The cleats become a "Defeat-Murphy" device so that the galley board, at least stays in place, while you try and hold on to everything else. T'ain't hard to build. Use your imagination, and then play a three-dimensional game with the contents of the Tool Box till you get everything to fit properly - and remember to photograph it, when it is full, so that you can repeat it the easy way next sailing season. Happy sailing, and luxurious dining aboard an M15 Connie & Katrina ex M15 #400 LEPPO Your message is ready to be sent with the following file or link attachments: P1010004.jpg P1010005.jpg Tool Box Galley Prints 12.10.09.jpg Toolbox Galley.jpg IMG.jpg IMG_0001.jpg IMG_0002_NEW.jpg P1010001.jpg P1010002.jpg P1010003.jpg Note: To protect against computer viruses, e-mail programs may prevent sending or receiving certain types of file attachments. Check your e-mail security settings to determine how attachments are handled.
