re design cuddy area
Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 2:50 pm
Soon about to embark on re doing stringers/ floor, moving fuel tanks forward to transfer weight a tad and make room for a kill tank at the back, plus new transom, raising it also to take 25 inch leg and up grading to a four stroke. this is going to be painful on the back pocket.
All the flooring and side cuddy seats have been removed, water was entering via the main winch eyelit, it seems others thought a bit of urethane
would fix it ! Never stopping to think it wouldn't seal if behind it was rotted !!!! :down:
So, really wracking my head to change the set up in the cuddy. I never sit in there, its pretty small being a short cuddy, but you can slide a center
board in between the side seats and catch a sleep quite comfortably. Trying to work out how to still keep the sleep option, but do away completely
with the side seats and convert it to some USEFULL storage ! like all cuddies, with everything out, its an awkward space.
Have thought of having a "false floor", higher up, so to speak, so there would be underneath storage for eskies etc and effectively an above storage
area for rod and tackle, down riggers etc above ! A bit hard to explain it really, but trying to really clear the decks, especially for when out wide.
The old storage area under the cuddy seats, was pretty well useless really, don't need to much access for anchoring as I have a push button winch.
So really trying to come up with a good idea, and a more practical use of the space....
anyone done similar ? or thought about doing so ???
C
All the flooring and side cuddy seats have been removed, water was entering via the main winch eyelit, it seems others thought a bit of urethane
would fix it ! Never stopping to think it wouldn't seal if behind it was rotted !!!! :down:
So, really wracking my head to change the set up in the cuddy. I never sit in there, its pretty small being a short cuddy, but you can slide a center
board in between the side seats and catch a sleep quite comfortably. Trying to work out how to still keep the sleep option, but do away completely
with the side seats and convert it to some USEFULL storage ! like all cuddies, with everything out, its an awkward space.
Have thought of having a "false floor", higher up, so to speak, so there would be underneath storage for eskies etc and effectively an above storage
area for rod and tackle, down riggers etc above ! A bit hard to explain it really, but trying to really clear the decks, especially for when out wide.
The old storage area under the cuddy seats, was pretty well useless really, don't need to much access for anchoring as I have a push button winch.
So really trying to come up with a good idea, and a more practical use of the space....
anyone done similar ? or thought about doing so ???
C