Bill, You can find info about my storage aboard Busca at my web page http://www.htmills.com/PLa-packinglists.html It includes an excel spreadsheet packing list. I keep Busca's primary anchor, an 11# Bruce w/ 17' of chain, in a milk crate under the cockpit on the stbd side. Yes, there is a slight list to port because of the outboard and battery, so I try to minimize it where I can. When I replaced the cushions, I made the stbd q-berth cushion only as long as the seating area and tapered the aft end to make more room for stowage. http://www.htmills.com/images/LF-BuscaCabinFwd.jpg http://www.htmills.com/images/LF-BuscaCabinPort.jpg http://www.htmills.com/images/LF-BuscaCabinStbd.jpg http://www.htmills.com/images/LF-BuscaGalley.jpg http://www.htmills.com/images/LF-BuscaOverhead.jpg http://www.htmills.com/images/LF-BuscaQBerth.jpg http://www.htmills.com/images/LF-BuscaQBerthStowage.jpg http://www.htmills.com/images/LF-BuscaShelf.jpg Tod Mills M17 #408, 1987 galley model BuscaBrisas
-----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Bill Wickett Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 10:48 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: M_Boats: More newbie questions...Cruising storage solutions?
Just 2 adults using an M17.
Lots of different totes and open baskets out there to slide under the cockpit or down the quarter berth. (wow, that starboard one goes waaay back!). We looked at some perforated plastic baskets tonight that would push on down either quarter berth. For the starboard side would have to link them together to retrieve the back 2 easily. These same also work under the cockpit as well. We thought that having lids might be a hassle removing them in the relatively confined space of the seating area. We used dry bags on our previous open boat. Often were diving deep into them to come up with the desired item, or emptying the bag completely.
What have you found works well for you? Rigid totes or flexible bags?
With the an outboard motor mounted on port side, and the deep cockpit locker there as well, do you find you are weighted more to port side? We have a knock off claw with 10 feet of chain. I feel that an anchor should be readily available at all times, so the deep port locker in a bucket is a logical place, except for the weight distribution issue. I believe the previous owner kept it in a bag below the cockpit, on starboard side. Only accessible by going below to get it out.
Where do you store your primary anchor and rode?
Thanks for any insights on these questions.
Bill Wickett M17 #622...still not named!! _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
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