Hi Rusty, Cutting out your current sail lockers is something that first requires a bit of navel contemplation.
Not knowing how much experience you have in working with fiberglass is another factor in the equation. Cutting out the sail lockers requires some knowledge in "how do I solve the problems - as they arise". The easiest solution is just cut them out and make big useable sail lockers P/S; but if - like me - you want the best of both solutions, then you have to be prepared to do a bit of engineering as to how you support the lip of the cut out sail locker (and the underside of the cutout locker is not nice and straight either, so that requires filing / modification so that it sits properly on the supports that you have to install for it to rest on). As far as I'm concerned, my big port sail locker is an absolute "must have": there is no way I could put my fenders / fender board / anchor rode / chain and anchor / outboard fuel / mooring lines / pail and cleaning materials / and cockpit cushions in the shallow sail locker. My "new and improved" deep starboard sail locker now holds the swim ladder / the Bimini top / extra cockpit cushions; while the shallow locker holds the small stuff: car keys / sail stops / eyeglasses / tiller cover etc. You only have X cubic feet of space on any boat: it all has to be accessible and useable. Connie _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
