Long post - just toss out ideas if you have em. Thanks!
So I'm plotting to refresh the galley in my 46. The main plywood face that has drawers and hides the fridge box has water damage, the drawers have some sticking issues, the sink has pinholes that I had to jb weld, and the fridge has still been murdering my salad greens even with a digital controller. I think it's time.
So I've got a large supply of corian countertop that I got for the price of a saturday spent removing them for a kitchen remodel. I've picked up a slightly used isotherm 65 drawer fridge/freezer. (I really want two but $$)
Now I'm trying to make a plan for rebuilding the cabinets.
Some thoughts on what's there now:
My experience with the built in top load fridge has been2 okish. But the right half ends up being the place that things go to die. I've been augmenting this with a dometic CF95 dual chamber fridge freezer. It's fantastic but it's also friggin huge.
The opening for the stove is actually oversized. It was replaced with a force 10 propane that I've since gutted and turned electric. The gimbals are on blocks to bridge something like a 4 inch gap I almost always have the countertop insert installed because it's a really useful prep area.
Since I keep the insert in, I usually have an induction burner on top of the counter. (There's another one in the gimbal'd stove but I could only fit a single burner in there.
There's an ice box built into the counter between the sink and the bulkhead wall. I never use it. Access is pretty awful so I avoid even trying to use it.
There are no fiddles on the sides of the insert, so if something spills on the counter, it likes to seep into the crack.
There's a *large* amount of wasted space underneath the sliding door storage. The cavity is used up a little bit for a storage spot for the counter insert. From there to the aft bulkhead? nothing in there. The icebox might go into it a little bit, but I don't think they took advantage of that.
If I remove the upper shelves (which are actually in an 'organized state' in the photo) and tear it back to the outer bulkhead of the boat, I get some interesting options.
Some thoughts on what I can improve...
Deeper counters for even part of the long run would make for a nice storage spot.
Closing up the stove hole to fit would be good. I'd get back like 8 inches of counter that would always exist I can probably raise the stove to match the counter height at that point.
I am tempted by two ideas for additional cold storage.
#1 is a custom top or front loading freezer box. I could redo the one behind the sink, or build it next to the new drawer fridge.
#2 is a build in a slide out for a normal 12v cooler. I love my huge 95qt, but it's just too big to tuck away. I could get a smaller single chamber and maybe integrate that into the new cabinet. (I suppose I could modify the aft bunk area to create a storage slider that fits under the cockpit. )
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