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- Sojourner
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We recently added a sliding shelf in the galley and an access port and platform in the cave of our 2016 Cutwater 24 to increase the amount and convenience of storage in these areas.
The shelf consisted of a piece of ½ inch thick plywood, 24” wide and 18” deep, with a top frame of 1x2’s around its circumference. Drawer slides were attached to the sides of the shelf and to 1” thick boards, 18” long, with widths about 3”, cut to fill in the spaces between the drawer slides on the shelf and the right and left walls of the space under the galley sink and cook top. The new sliding shelf was positioned vertically about half way between the existing stationary shelf and the top of the frame around the under-sink-and-cook-top access. Each of the side boards was attached to its side wall with two 1-1/4 “ metal angle brackets. The sliding shelf can be easily removed to gain access to the macerator Y-valve at the back of the storage space. The challenge of this project was choosing the widths and shapes of the side boards to fit between the shelf and the side walls, which were not strictly parallel to the sides of the drawer.
The in-cave storage addition involved cutting a hole through the fiberglass wall, including the “monkey fur” inside the cave, below the microwave to accommodate a 12” high, 17” wide deck hatch. This hatch was mounted so that it opened downward, with the hatch door resting on the cabin floor when the hatch was open. The cave floor opposite the hatch opening was about 3” below the bottom of the hatch, and deeper in the cave the floor was about 7” below the bottom of the hatch. To make it easier to use this space, a raised platform was placed in the forward end of the cave, extending 24”, from the end of the cave to the full width of the hatch, and 32” across the full width of the cave. This platform consisted of a 24” x 32” piece of ¼ inch thick plywood, with a top frame of 1x2’s around three sides, but not on the side next to the hatch. This frame provided stiffness and confined stored items on the platform. The platform was supported by two 1” thick, 24” long boards, one about 3” wide, along the edge of the platform just inside the hatch, and the other about 7” wide, along the back edge of the platform, with cutouts to accommodate humps in the cave floor. Each of these boards was attached to the floor of the cave by two 1-1/4” metal angle brackets, and the boards were attached to the platform with screws through the platform into the edges of the boards. Storage is also available under the platform, accessible through the cave opening. The challenge in this project was working inside of the cave to attach the two support boards to the floor of the cave. Making the platform somewhat shallower, say 24” x 30”, would have made it easier to move it into place for attaching to the support boards.
The drawer and the platform were sealed by coating with spar varnish. Photos show the completed projects:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/197743182 ... XF8LB2X1ht
The shelf consisted of a piece of ½ inch thick plywood, 24” wide and 18” deep, with a top frame of 1x2’s around its circumference. Drawer slides were attached to the sides of the shelf and to 1” thick boards, 18” long, with widths about 3”, cut to fill in the spaces between the drawer slides on the shelf and the right and left walls of the space under the galley sink and cook top. The new sliding shelf was positioned vertically about half way between the existing stationary shelf and the top of the frame around the under-sink-and-cook-top access. Each of the side boards was attached to its side wall with two 1-1/4 “ metal angle brackets. The sliding shelf can be easily removed to gain access to the macerator Y-valve at the back of the storage space. The challenge of this project was choosing the widths and shapes of the side boards to fit between the shelf and the side walls, which were not strictly parallel to the sides of the drawer.
The in-cave storage addition involved cutting a hole through the fiberglass wall, including the “monkey fur” inside the cave, below the microwave to accommodate a 12” high, 17” wide deck hatch. This hatch was mounted so that it opened downward, with the hatch door resting on the cabin floor when the hatch was open. The cave floor opposite the hatch opening was about 3” below the bottom of the hatch, and deeper in the cave the floor was about 7” below the bottom of the hatch. To make it easier to use this space, a raised platform was placed in the forward end of the cave, extending 24”, from the end of the cave to the full width of the hatch, and 32” across the full width of the cave. This platform consisted of a 24” x 32” piece of ¼ inch thick plywood, with a top frame of 1x2’s around three sides, but not on the side next to the hatch. This frame provided stiffness and confined stored items on the platform. The platform was supported by two 1” thick, 24” long boards, one about 3” wide, along the edge of the platform just inside the hatch, and the other about 7” wide, along the back edge of the platform, with cutouts to accommodate humps in the cave floor. Each of these boards was attached to the floor of the cave by two 1-1/4” metal angle brackets, and the boards were attached to the platform with screws through the platform into the edges of the boards. Storage is also available under the platform, accessible through the cave opening. The challenge in this project was working inside of the cave to attach the two support boards to the floor of the cave. Making the platform somewhat shallower, say 24” x 30”, would have made it easier to move it into place for attaching to the support boards.
The drawer and the platform were sealed by coating with spar varnish. Photos show the completed projects:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/197743182 ... XF8LB2X1ht
