I wanted to have a place to keep little things that would otherwise be rattling around in the cockpit. Things like a VHF marine radio, iPad, cell phone—everything in sealed containers so they won't get wet—sun screen, water and food items: stuff that comes along with a day's outing. So I made some magazine rack-style holders with open bottoms so they won't collect water:
I also finally got the fibreglass forward hatch cover to fit, and made a strap to hold it on:
The strap is auto seatbelt material, each side fastened to the foredeck with bolts through a piece of aluminum (and the end of the strap), with plywood backing on the underside of the deck and the usual washers and Nylock nuts.
The buckle is a "dual adjust" style, meaning that the webbing can be tightened down from either side.
I actually made a flat plywood hatch cover same as the aft hatch cover after I first saw the fibreglass one on the boat and didn't like it much. It turned out that I disliked the flat one more than the glass one, so glass it is. Thing with the aft hatch cover is that it needs to be flat so the tiller can swing over it without having to be ridiculously high.
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