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Originally Posted by Xcomunic8d
While I’m far from the best designer and fiberglasser here. No one’s responded so here’s what I did:
I looked at this until my eyes went crossed on my Seafari 25. I tried to see what was done from factory and improve on that while keeping it representative of the period. I thought about side doors on my transom, flip out tackle boxes under the gunnels. Making a seat base that doubled as tackle center… the list goes on. I just didn’t come up with anything that I liked for the money.
Check out 79 brochure on sceptre 23 for some pics of old days
http://www.classicseacraft.com/broch...ure/index.html
Also in this one you see some more ideas but not sure how much room you have.
http://www.classicseacraft.com/broch...ure/index.html
What kind of fishing you doing? I do mainly high speed trolling and live baits. So my setup is fairly straight forward. I have 2 gaffs mounted under gunnels. As well as a baton and a Japanese fish killer. 1 bag with my lures in it. My tools are mounted on deck. I’m working on a teak rocket launcher so will probably move them to there for my knives, pliers, etc. don’t plan on a drawer
I looked at all kinds of stuff and I’m sure I can go fancier but the cost is crazy and I could spend that on new rods and reels. Not too mention gas
I have a cabelas bag with my lures in it and all my rigging. I’m planning on getting one of these soon so I can just hop on and off with most of my gear as I go out with others regularly.
https://www.amazon.com/KastKing-Salt...NrPXRydWU&th=1
Kind of big but my wahoo (ono) and ahi (yellowfin) lures are pretty big here. I advocate simple and cheap when possible. |
I definitely get what you mean. The 79' brochure has something very similar to what I'm asking about. The 80's Sceptres had fish boxes in those spots under the helm seats, and a runway of a cockpit. I could see using one of them for their actual purpose, but the other typically just becomes dry storage anyhow.
I'm growing tired of my current routine, which involves a couple of heavy duty locking Tupperware type bins with all my Plano style trays in them. Not fun fumbling around with all of them and digging through everything, maintaining organization is a tall task. A travel type tote would not be the best as it would be either too heavy or too many to carry along with the rest of my gear (rods, electronics) that don't stay at the boat.
We do a lot of bottom fishing, some trolling for bass, live lining, and hopefully at some point (once outfitted for it) do some tuna hunting. Tackle runs the gamut basically, lots of lead as well. Having all the gear in designated spots neatly stowed and easy to access would be a thing of beauty.
This website was what got me thinking:
https://www.boatoutfitters.com/storage
Something like the products they carry would be a nice drop-in solution, they have so many options depending on size requirements and layout. I wanted to see if anyone made use of anything like this or came up with something custom.