Rick, why not adhere a high quality wooden "base plate" to the interior? It only needs to be not thicker than 5/8" or so. Then screw into that at will with short screws (predrilled of course). Just use some taste so it looks "original" (sort of). Just a novices suggestion. Feedback anyone? ---Larry ........hull 189 -----Original Message----- From: Rick Langer [mailto:farreach@optonline.net] Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 6:59 AM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: M_Boats: Port and Starboard Shelves Of all the improvements I plan for my boat, one that is important every time I sail is some quickly accessible interior storage. A lot of boats have shelves port and starboard running the length of the cabin. I find these shelves great for storing all the things you need to grab fast. The M15 has a ton of storage, but I don't really like guessing where what I want is and then go digging through gear and cushions to find it. When I sold my old boat and cleaned out I found things in the below cushions storage areas that I had forgot I ever had. So I thinking of building some shelves, but the hard part seems to be attaching them to the boat. I thought that drilling holes through the hull would be less than prudent and those screw points sticking out of the hull might be hazardous to fellow boaters. Seriously, there is a small amount of space between the cabin skin and the hull, but finding the place where I won't go through the hull is problematic. Has anyone built shelves and can you advise me? Rick Langer _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats