cbigma
Well-known member
This was a 2005 project, but didn't get fully documented until this Spring.
I have a 2000 25MVSC with a transom-mount 225. We needed more storage and seating in the cockpit. We usually have at least four,
sometimes six passengers and the standard Mega-Igloo Cooler or Icey-Tek cooler-seat just isn't big enough to hold our gear.
The solution was a DockBox. We purchased a standard Fiberglass box from Dock Boxes Unlimited. There are many manufacturers out there and
a wide range of quality. We did a lot of research and settled on Dock Boxes Unlimited as the best quality/price point.
http://dockboxes.com/storage_box/low_profile.html
Our model (the 518) was just big enough to fit between the two battery-boxes and would hold all of our gear. The key was to find a way to keep
it from moving around the deck. Our 2520 MVSC Parker came OEM with a splash board that uses the separating hinge - pintle-and-gudgeon hardware.
I attached the gudgeon (female) sides of the separating hinges to aluminum straps fastened to the bottom of the dockbox.
Two runners made from Starboard keeps the dockbox up off the aft bilge hatch.
The box slides into place to match the hinges together.
A clip made from starboard is used to keep the hinges from sliding open. One person can easily slide the box out of the hinge and
move it forward to access the bilge hatch. The starboard runners make it easy to slide once off the hinges.
Here is the box in birds-eye view.
Centered nicely, seating for four adults
It will hold 4 weight belts, 4 wetsuits, 4 bouyancy compensators, four sets of fins, and other assorted gear.
Makes an excellent wet seat. Rugged and Zero Maintenance.
I have a 2000 25MVSC with a transom-mount 225. We needed more storage and seating in the cockpit. We usually have at least four,
sometimes six passengers and the standard Mega-Igloo Cooler or Icey-Tek cooler-seat just isn't big enough to hold our gear.
The solution was a DockBox. We purchased a standard Fiberglass box from Dock Boxes Unlimited. There are many manufacturers out there and
a wide range of quality. We did a lot of research and settled on Dock Boxes Unlimited as the best quality/price point.
http://dockboxes.com/storage_box/low_profile.html
Our model (the 518) was just big enough to fit between the two battery-boxes and would hold all of our gear. The key was to find a way to keep
it from moving around the deck. Our 2520 MVSC Parker came OEM with a splash board that uses the separating hinge - pintle-and-gudgeon hardware.
I attached the gudgeon (female) sides of the separating hinges to aluminum straps fastened to the bottom of the dockbox.
Two runners made from Starboard keeps the dockbox up off the aft bilge hatch.
The box slides into place to match the hinges together.
A clip made from starboard is used to keep the hinges from sliding open. One person can easily slide the box out of the hinge and
move it forward to access the bilge hatch. The starboard runners make it easy to slide once off the hinges.
Here is the box in birds-eye view.
Centered nicely, seating for four adults
It will hold 4 weight belts, 4 wetsuits, 4 bouyancy compensators, four sets of fins, and other assorted gear.
Makes an excellent wet seat. Rugged and Zero Maintenance.
