storage

[phatdaddy]

one of the best things to do is add a pulpit to get the anchor out of the cuddy. cut a deck pipe hole in the top of the cabin and run the chain & rode down straight to the forward locker. you can go get clear plastic shoe boxes at the dollar store and put a ton of loose gear(tools, first aid stuff, cd's, toilet paper, spare parts, etc.) on the shelves. i keep mylife jackets on the shelves in the cabin. in the deck locker, i put beach chairs ,wading floats, sand spikes(rod holders), things that can get wet. the aft bins you are talking about hold frozen bait on one side & beer can "koozies" on the other. I also added a hold between the deck locker and the cabin bulkhead in the deck. it is deep enough th hold bait nets upright in 5 gallon buckets. i reversed my rod brackets in the side rod boxes and put a couple of strips of teak along one side to get a shelf for mask, fins , hand nets, crab nets, etc.
just a few ideas, i'm sure the rest of the crew have many more.