[bradford]

Primary anchor stays on the pulpit, rode goes through a closable stainless hawse pipe slightly to port and the rode is in a milk crate in the cuddy. Fire extinguisher is mounted to the inside gunnel behind the helm seat. Flares, tools, first aid kit etc are in dry boxes in the cuddy in the main storage compartment where many have a port a potty. I put a hinged hatch cover over this compartment which in addition to providing a lot more useable out of sight storage, makes going forward to work the anchor etc a lot easier without having to straddle the opening. I have an additional deck hatch inspired by Phatdaddy between the cuddy entry and the in deck "fish box". This houses two 1000 amp starting batteries plus a 1500 gph bilge pump. The "fishbox" has a second anchor and rode and a 5 gallon bucket inspired by Maco Joe. Life jackets set on the forward upper shelf in the cuddy along with dock fenders aft one on each side. The rear bilge has my oil tank and another 1500 gph bilge pump. In the upper rear hatches I keep a couple additional drain plugs for the bilge as well as the scuppers if needed. Also mooring lines and an emergency tow line. Deck brush and boat hook in the gunnel mount rod storage boxes.