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    • #67411
      madsailor
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      Ok, I've done it.  I took the face off the drawers under the bunk in the aft cabin and made them cabinet doors that open out and down to the cabin sole. 

      Let it be known that I'm tickled as heck.  With the addition of some moderately well organized plastic containers, storage is nearly doubled.

      Woohoo!

      Bob
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    • #72109
      Anonymous

      That sounds like a great idea do you have pic’s and did you connect the opening to make one big cabinet ?? also is your hot water heater back there like mine

      Don
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    • #72114
      madsailor
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      Don,

      Your wish is my command.  No, I didn't connect the doors because then I'd have to make a new door, door frame and strengthen the top some.  Attached is a couple of pictures.  My water heater is aft of these lockers and behind that are two 4D batteries.

      Bob

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    • #72111
      Hull152_Patrick
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      I was thinking about how to improve that area, I will definitely be
      copying you. Thanks for sharing the pics!

      -p


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      On Mar 14, 2009, at 11:50, Robert Fine <> wrote:

      Don,

      Your wish is my command. No, I didn’t connect the doors because
      then I’d have to make a new door, door frame and strengthen the top
      some. Attached is a couple of pictures. My water heater is aft of
      these lockers and behind that are two 4D batteries.

      Bob

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    • #72112
      Anonymous

      Bob

      If you take out the carry rails for the old drawers still visible in your last photo, you’ll have even more space.

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    • #72116
      madsailor
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      Hi Thatcher,

      I've been thinking about that – they do hold the catch for the latch but the rest for some reason I believe are needed for strength.

      I'm probably being unreasonable, and will eventually take them out because, of course, you're totally correct.

      Bob

      On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Thatcher Stone < ([email][/email])> wrote:

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      If you take out the carry rails for the old drawers still visible in your last photo, you’ll have even more space.
       
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    • #72118
      unabated
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      My PO must have done that already for me… love em.
      alan

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    • #72128
      Anonymous

      Neat, but where to you keep your clothes?

      Robert Fine wrote:

      Ok, I’ve done it. I took the face off the drawers under the bunk in
      the aft cabin and made them cabinet doors that open out and down to
      the cabin sole.

      Let it be known that I’m tickled as heck. With the addition of some
      moderately well organized plastic containers, storage is nearly doubled.

      Woohoo!

      Bob

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      s/v Pelican
      Hull #8


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    • #72129
      madsailor
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      Clothes?

      I live in the v-berth and use the hanging locker there.  There's more than two drawers up there, too.

      Bob

      On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Pete Dubler < ([email][/email])> wrote:

      Neat, but where to you keep your clothes?

      Robert Fine wrote:

      Ok, I've done it.  I took the face off the drawers under the bunk in the aft cabin and made them cabinet doors that open out and down to the cabin sole.
      Let it be known that I'm tickled as heck.  With the addition of some moderately well organized plastic containers, storage is nearly doubled.

      Woohoo!

      Bob

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    • #72164
      Anonymous

      Me too! Now you got me thinking about the drawers in the aft of the quarterberth also. The slider on one’s broken anyway, I hate those drawers.

      On 3/14/09 12:44 PM, Patrick Walters wrote :

      I was thinking about how to improve that area, I will definitely be
      copying you. Thanks for sharing the pics!

      -p


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      On Mar 14, 2009, at 11:50, Robert Fine <> wrote:

      Don,

      Your wish is my command. No, I didn’t connect the doors because
      then I’d have to make a new door, door frame and strengthen the top
      some. Attached is a couple of pictures. My water heater is aft of
      these lockers and behind that are two 4D batteries.

      Bob

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