Question for 26' owners
Question for 26' owners
I'm redoing a '77 26' chrysler. While grinding off old layers of carpet adhesive I began to wonder what is under the space where the forward ice chest sits (v-berth). Its sounds hollow but with no access, I'm thinking with all the mess already made I might as well cut a locker opening there. Extra storage is always needed. Any help will be appreciated. Mike
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If you mean under the v-berth deck in front of the ice chest storage, yes, it is open under there all the way to the hull bottom....my 79 has a hatch cut there (about the center of the vberth plywood), and I've just used it for inspection, but it might be a nice place for storage, assuming you don't weight the boat too much that far forward...
Is this the case for the Chrysler 22 as well? It will make a nice place for some storage and for the echo sounder transducer. I thought this area was filled with some foam, to ensure floating in emergencies (crack in hull). In the C22, there is a hatch under the v-berth, in the middle of the berth for some storage, and it seems like foam in the buttom of this room. Maybe there is a difference between 22 and 26.. ?
Hi Dybis, you are probably right about the foam, the 22 is full of it. My 22 is covered with a foot of snow on it or I would be happy to look for you. We don't have foam floatation in the 26'er.
I'll be putting the 22'er up for sale in a few weeks. I am sure going to miss it, at times I think I have made a mistake moving up. Mike
I'll be putting the 22'er up for sale in a few weeks. I am sure going to miss it, at times I think I have made a mistake moving up. Mike
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