Lets see Clever Storage Ideas

[Flyboy2000]

Hi Everyone,

I know as boat owners, we must have some clever ideas when it comes to keeping everything organized. Lots of items, very little space!
What solutions have Carver owners found for organizing? Projects?
Looking for clever ideas for a few bourbon bottles ( a Bar)
Plates/ Cutlery?
Anxiously waiting on the transport company to load my boat and get it here to California

Lee
2019 Carver C36
Volvo D4's

[Midnightsun]

I removed my central vac and turned the space into a booze cabinet. Area behind TV was huge so I remodelled to a swing out style to be able to use all they valuable space. Added several fixed shelves to a secondary small hanging locker in the master stateroom. The storage under the dining seats was substantial however the opening Carver left was way too small to get any decent size objects in there so i removed the tops and fabricated new ones out of Russian birch with full openings.

In the first picture below you can see where I replaced the embedded microwave with a convection oven, I was able to modify the opening and add a shelf which is very useful for storage. also remove the coffe maker and now use a Nesprersso machine which also adds more space.

[RGrew176]

Nice.

[Phrancus]

I use two bilge areas under the cabin floor for worklight storage.

not volunatrily though,

[Flyboy2000]

Wow,
Great work midnight sun! Obviously you have some woodworking skills! Does all that glassware stay put when you are underway, or in some chop?
Planning on a lot of evening sunset cruises, or just loitering at sunset on the flybridge with friends. I was thinking I would just take a rolling container down to the boat to take supplies/snacks and then when finished..use it to haul back trash, leftovers and dirty dishes. Anyone else just like to go down to the boat and escape?

[Midnightsun]

Yep glasses stay in place, we boat in rather calm waters so not an issue. If it gets really nasty, my wife will take some precautions. Our boat is our summer cottage and summer vacation getaway. Stocked to the brim with everything you would normally have at home.

I would not call it woodworking skills, more like very patient. lots more pictures in my signature.

[Cooler]

Escape YES! There are so many times when I plan to take a cruise, then get a visitor, then have a c-tail, then another visitor & another c-tail, then just turn on Jimmy Buffet and boom, ........ the official escape has begun in so many ways! That's one reason we all love our Carver's. Great to cruise, but socially designed for any change in plan! er

[lakeerierocks]

love the idea for under the couch. We have the same - we figure it was for storing dead bodies. No pantry storage but man, we can smuggle a couple corpses!

Was trying to figure out how to convert it to something useful.

[Phrancus]

I mounted a compressor-fridge box in a couch. saves lots of space in the galley where we don't have much space for cutlery. And gives better cooling (vertical and better insulated around the box additionally) plus it's a compressor box (not the other system) so it can get down to -20 C when needed. The seat is a bit higher so the air can circulate. A bonus: better view at the wheel inside.
Easy to take out for a land trip too, although I should not have forgotton to empty it first...

up front in the bow in an unused space under a bed I mount a water bag (120 Litres) as we don't use much water. The original tank in front of the engines is very much in the way of access to the areas beside the engines where I will make racks for baskets to fit into.

I plan to put a removable protection in front of the engines so for example I can drop a big wet bag in there (towing toy 'island') where it can drip out of the way (bilge is wet anyway) and take it out at port. Or in due time an inflatable dinghy and such.

[mjmason1]

Since we live on our boat we needed more storage. The salon sofa, recliners had a L shape. We cut the fabric holding the cushion on the L, the sewed in a piece of plywood for support. Then we built a small wooden frame for the top cushion and weight. We use this for a tool storage area.

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