Adding chart storage: easily obtained tubing can convert empty space into a valuable stowage area
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Instructions for adding chart storage tubes to a sailboat are discussed. The author removed the headliner over the quarterberth only to find a large empty unused space. To fill that space, the author spent 10 hours adding storage tubes made principally of 4" square vinyl fence posts.
Publication Name: Sail
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0036-2700
Year: 2003
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Let there be light: many older boats suffer from an inadequate number of ports in the main cabin; the good news is that adding new ones is not difficult
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Step by step instruction for installing extra ports on older sailboats is offered. Extra ports add lighting, help cross-ventilation, and decrease claustrophobia.
Publication Name: Sail
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0036-2700
Year: 2003
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Getting a grip: Making your boat's interior safer in a seaway is a worthwhile project
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Open cabins, though pleasant, are potentially dangerous while underway. Instructions for installing adequate handholds belowdecks are discussed.
Publication Name: Sail
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0036-2700
Year: 2003
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