Prior to our Pacific transit I was looking for places to store as much food as possible. Friends of ours on another Pearson 365 had storage under their sink, and sadly we did not… but why not make some. I was under the impression that as much we could put on the boat prior to leaving the Americas was a good thing, as provisioning or vitiating is significantly cheaper in of the eastern side of the Pacific. Philippe was under the impression we were fine the way we were. In retrospect we did have enough space on the boat, and would not have starved for lack of storage under the stove.
After a bit of prodding Philippe humored me by cutting out a section so we could access the unused space. This was accomplished while under way from Panama to Ecuador, that is just how flat the sea was leaving Panama! I didn’t believed the ocean could be like a lake prior to that passage. While it is not the most convenient place to access it does provide a considerable amount of space. I easily stored 20 liters of milk/juice/wine. Now the milk and juice have been drunk the wine traded, the storage is for our seemingly never ending supply of large trash bags and Ziplock bags we bought at Costco in America two years ago! Who new when we outfitted that we bought a 2+ year supply of razors, bar soap, Ziplocks, trash bags, and baking soda. Honestly what does anyone do with 6 lbs of baking soda?
The storage was created some time ago, but the cover was never completed while traveling due to lack of tools and space to complete the wood work. Anyone entering the boat could see our uncompleted storage area. It was not so pretty with it’s jagged edges. Philippe finished the cover a little while ago. It is a nice improvement from what it looked like before. If you look closely you can see how while the floor is a straight line it is not parallel to the stove, it makes for entertaining woodworking.
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