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Too cold to work so I’m playing around with ideas. The forward flotation chambers in the seatbacks are pretty small, so I’m wondering if that could be turned into a storage area accessible from inside the cabin? I wouldn’t open the whole area on the cabin wall but a smallish access hole. I don’t think the loss in flotation would be significant but having storage there would be really handy I would think. Could even put in a screw-in deck plate so that it maintains itself as a watertight compartment. Or separate the area with the top as flotation and the bottom part as storage. Anyone done this?

Steve, Ooo, I like this idea. This could be a great place to roll up a map or stash dry food. I'm going to look at this closely once I get to this spot in my build. Might this not be a great place to store a radio, phone or iPad mini?

Clever! Could be handy place to store your registration or handheld VHF or a wine bottle, depending on your priorities.

Gday Steve, I did this to my latest boat ( A Mach 28 Australian built trailer sailer) and couldn’t believe the extra storage space it provided. I finished the mod with a mirrored hinged door and was in the good books with the “old girl” for months,
Cheers mate

Might have enough room for a Darwin stubby!