Hi Bill, How can you live with so little actual storage space? My M15 has a deep sail locker on the Port side - followed by my rectangular hatch for access to the inside of the transom. The hatch that I installed has positive locking. I can't put a hasp on it, but it has a 90 degree turn-to-lock fastener, and there is no danger of it ever opening inadvertently. I had the shallow locker on the Starboard side, and I cut around the upper lip of the shallow locker and made it removable, to make use of the storage space that was under the locker. Big improvement! I too keep the weight out of the stern. All I store all the way aft are the light bulky items: fenders; cleaning bucket and materials. Heavier items, like anchor, chain and rode live as far forward in the Port sail locker as they will go. The aim is to keep the transom from dragging through the water when sailing. To improve the trim of the boat, I am going to install a small battery in the forward compartment, where my big anchor resides. This will give me unlimited power for my CD player and for running the GPS as a knot meter all the time. I know I could buy a ton of AA batteries for the cost of the battery and the electrical panel, but what the heck, it's only money........... and I buy convenience! Connie