Thread: MSD Rowing Skiff stowage

Clint, this is paricularly directed at you and your boys seeing your'e the only ones who've seen one of these brutes in real life.

The skiff has three compartments - fore, aft and middle. Yes Mik, I know they're supposed to keep the boat afloat when I do something stupid and fill it with water, but they're also a great place to put stuff that you don't want to get wet or to lose during the process of doing something stupid and getting the boat filled with water (camera, wallet, bottle of rum, etc).

The compartments aren't overly high, which suggests ports on the top rather than the sides though to be honest, I haven't looked closely at the practicalities of fitting round ports in the bulkheads (one of my tasks when I head out into the shed).

I'm also thinking that the middle seat is the one to use for stowage as that's not going to affect the balance of the boat ... except that if I were carrying heavy stuff such as fishing gear, bucket full of water and fish, lunch box, etc, they'd be on the floor between the middle seat and the bow anyway.

You'll have your fat rump taking up a decent chunk of that middle seat so hatches would need to be to one side. I'll also be setting up this boat to push row as well as pulling so I'll need to be able to sit facing forward as well.

Any thoughts gents?
Specifically:
- where to place inspection ports in the fore and aft tanks (the round, spin in sort).
- what to do with the middle seat

I'll need to head off to a chandlers to see what sorts of hatches are available locally, but I'm thinking about a compartment to one side of the seat with a rectangular hatch. Yes, I could make the hatch out of ply but that'd be hard work.

Richard