SteveB
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- Joined
- Mar 9, 2009
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- C-24 C SE
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- PugTug
After bringing aboard all of the stuff we felt we needed for summer cruising, the cabin of our R21-EC became a bit cluttered in the storage areas. The main problem was the 'loose-ness' of everything, since outside of the tool box, we didn't have many containers.
My biggest concern was getting things to stow nicely below the V-berth, which is the largest storage area. Today I found these cheap zip-up denier nylon bags at The Container Store:
http://www.containerstore.com/browse/Pr ... D=10024282
Since these containers have no rigid sides, they conform easily (contents permitting) to the rather odd shape of some of the spaces below the berth. The 24x12x10 bag is great for packing spare pillowcases, a blanket and sheets for the berth. I cut some thin melamine planking to fit in the bottom of each bag to make them a bit more rigid so that they behave more like a box, but still stuff and stow like a bag.
I used a few of the smaller-sized bags to hold stuff by category: Galley dishes, toiletries, SOLAS food and water, etc.; and then placed each bag about the cabin based on frequency of use- with things that are used the least stowed beneath the berth, which is generally the hardest place to get to.
The aft storage locker is huge relative to the items that we keep and need to stow in the cockpit area. So far we have our other two (total of four) PFD's, an extending pole, extending deck brush, bucket, a cooler and five gallons of diesel in reserve.
We're ready to go!
-Steve
My biggest concern was getting things to stow nicely below the V-berth, which is the largest storage area. Today I found these cheap zip-up denier nylon bags at The Container Store:
http://www.containerstore.com/browse/Pr ... D=10024282
Since these containers have no rigid sides, they conform easily (contents permitting) to the rather odd shape of some of the spaces below the berth. The 24x12x10 bag is great for packing spare pillowcases, a blanket and sheets for the berth. I cut some thin melamine planking to fit in the bottom of each bag to make them a bit more rigid so that they behave more like a box, but still stuff and stow like a bag.
I used a few of the smaller-sized bags to hold stuff by category: Galley dishes, toiletries, SOLAS food and water, etc.; and then placed each bag about the cabin based on frequency of use- with things that are used the least stowed beneath the berth, which is generally the hardest place to get to.
The aft storage locker is huge relative to the items that we keep and need to stow in the cockpit area. So far we have our other two (total of four) PFD's, an extending pole, extending deck brush, bucket, a cooler and five gallons of diesel in reserve.
We're ready to go!
-Steve