Hi folks,
In my ongoing quest to sort out storage on my boat, my eye has turned to the nice flat space directly beneath the companionway - the top of the engine compartment cover. This would be a great place for a little bookshelf or some other storage for tall items, but the problem is it's never clean. It's constantly covered with the shmutz that gets knocked off peoples' boots as they tromp up and down the companionway ladder. I'm thinking a little canvas cover could be a decent solution for this, snapped on in multiple places along the back side of the companionway ladder. The bottom would be left open so any dirt could just fall down onto the slanted portion of the engine compartment and down onto my dirt-catcher rug. Keeping it on the ladder would also prevent losing any storage to the cover itself.
The main downside I can see is that I would be blocking the light from the companionway lamp from going out into the cabin. Potentially mitigated by dense mesh, or something. (edit: or clear plastic/vinyl, duh)
I got lots of good ideas in my wine-rack thread, any thoughts on this idea here? Issues with putting snaps on the back of the companionway ladder? Catastrophes I'm failing to identify?
In my ongoing quest to sort out storage on my boat, my eye has turned to the nice flat space directly beneath the companionway - the top of the engine compartment cover. This would be a great place for a little bookshelf or some other storage for tall items, but the problem is it's never clean. It's constantly covered with the shmutz that gets knocked off peoples' boots as they tromp up and down the companionway ladder. I'm thinking a little canvas cover could be a decent solution for this, snapped on in multiple places along the back side of the companionway ladder. The bottom would be left open so any dirt could just fall down onto the slanted portion of the engine compartment and down onto my dirt-catcher rug. Keeping it on the ladder would also prevent losing any storage to the cover itself.
The main downside I can see is that I would be blocking the light from the companionway lamp from going out into the cabin. Potentially mitigated by dense mesh, or something. (edit: or clear plastic/vinyl, duh)
I got lots of good ideas in my wine-rack thread, any thoughts on this idea here? Issues with putting snaps on the back of the companionway ladder? Catastrophes I'm failing to identify?
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