[Rhodes22-list] Storage

[Todd Tavares]

And here I thought combings are what you got out of your moustache and
beard after eating snack food like chips or crackers.   (:^{D~

I must not realize just how big I am.

http://www.recgov.org/sail/photos02-takeout/default.htm (I'm the one in
the red hood)

....but I don't think I could get under my seats far enough to see up
under the coamings.  I am still trying to figure out how someone got
themselves all of the way into the laz.

Todd T.



  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Rob Lowe"
  To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
  Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Storage
  Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 14:45:20 -0400


  All right, I'll bite. I usually the one to do so. What are the
  "combings"?

  Rob (still learning boating terminology) Lowe
  S/V Getaway


  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Bill Effros"
  To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
  Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 2:32 PM
  Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Storage


  > Bud,
  >
  > Thanks for asking the question.
  >
  > I've been looking at that space for years.
  >
  > I've used it for cockpit fill-in cushion storage, but I don't like
  the
  > way the pieces rattle around, and stowing them in the V-berth
  (which I
  > use for nothing but storage) protects them better. I've used them
  to
  > store life preservers, but they aren't really ready in an instant
  for
  > emergencies. They are great for snaking wires--plenty of room.
  >
  > I find it uncomfortable to lie under the cockpit seats to work
  inside
  > the combings, so anything stowed there must go in and out in a
  hurry, or
  > I just won't do it. The boom room might be an excellent
  utilization.
  >
  > I have considered storing fresh water inside the combings, and even
  > pumping it to the high side to flatten the boat--I'll bet the boat
  would
  > go faster--but I haven't gotten around to doing that.
  >
  > Bill Effros
  >
  > budconnor at earthlink.net wrote:
  > > Has anyone figured out a clever use for all that space inside the
  port
  and starboard combings?
  > > It is accessable from under the seats and seems like a good place
  to
  hang extra rope or fenders
  > > or what??? It may even be a good place to store a boom room.
  > >
  > > -Bud
  > >
  > >
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