[Rhodes22-list] Cockpit Under Seat Storage Idea

[Jesse Shumaker]

Nice work George!  Thanks for sharing. I like how you set it back to avoid
people's temptation to put weight on a bar that might be exposed. The
angled mounting and resting spot for the bar in the raised position are
good ideas.

Jesse Shumaker
S/V Zephyr

On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 7:20 PM Gmorganflier <gmorgan.flier at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I saw in the archives where someone put a retaining bar across under the
> seats going into a hole in a HDPE block at one end and dropping into a slot
> in a HDPE block at the other end. This looks like it requires the bar to be
> lifted out of the slot and removed to access under the seats.
>
> I played around with an idea which seems to work really well. I made a
> slotted track which attaches to the fore and aft bulkheads under each seat.
> To access under the seat, I simply lift the bar up into a notch at the top
> of each track getting it totally out of the way for access. Then release
> the
> bar from the notches and it slides down the track to act as a retaining
> bar.
>
> I used a 1” thick 12x12 piece of HDPE cut into 4 strips 2 7/8” wide. The
> height from the cockpit floor to the seat bottom is more on the aft
> bulkhead, so that track is longer so when the bar is lowered it is an even
> 4
> 1/2” above the floor front to back. The forward bulkhead has a slope which
> required a spacer block to keep the same distance top to bottom between the
> tracks. I originally screwed the tracks vertically, but decided to angle
> them about 20 degrees to allow a little more storage space.
>
> Everything was done with a 1” wood bit and ripping the slots with a table
> saw. I used a 7/8” aluminum tube for the bar.
>
> The tracks did require a 1/4” HDPE backing plate since there is a gap at
> the
> top of the bulkheads.
>
> George Morgan
> SV “Knotty Lady” 1986
>
> The first images show the tracks before installation.
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> This image is a forward track mounted with the required spacer block. The
> tracks later got angled.
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> These two images are with the bar raised and resting in the notches.
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> These two images are with the bar lowered.
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