Too small ?

[GordonL]

Bought my first boat, a fixer upper. It's a 1969, 14-0 long runabout with a closed bow. Had it on the water for the first time this week. I want to use it to putter around, do some fishing and maybe pull a tube. There will only be 2 people in the boat. There dosn't seem to be much room to fit a cooler, some fishing stuff,saftey/emergency equipment, battery, gas, etc... Anybody have any space saving/boat stretching ideas?

 

[gewf631]

Re: Too small ?

Closed bow...<br />Any room underneath?<br /><br />Use a cooler as a seat.<br /><br />Use a cooler as a seat and tackle box.

 

[NYMINUTE]

Re: Too small ?

Convert a seat to hold a cooler.

 

[Mark42]

Re: Too small ?

Put a shelf under the closed bow and it will give you more horizontal space to store stuff like ring bouy, rope, ect.

 

[karrick]

Re: Too small ?

You could always leave your gear for one pastime in the tow vehicle if you plan on doing both that trip. I think it would be worth the extra space to make one trip up the ramp to the truck and make the exchange.<br /><br />Definatley defalte the tube if you want to keep it in the boat while other activities are going on. There was a recent post about this.<br /><br />Technically you shouldn't have to worry about storing your emergency gear aka PFDs. <br /><br />Good Luck