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Frank Hopper
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Initially Posted - 08/08/2004 :  22:56:55  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
I bought the one with a seat at target and the one with out a seat at Lowes.

[url="http://homepage.mac.com/fhopper/PhotoAlbum67.html"]Dock Box slide show[/url]
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 08/09/2004 :  11:13:09  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
I am a little surprised that this has not generated responses. I expected to be regaled with what others use for dock boxes and maybe a few stories of how effective they are as dock fenders.

At our club "Dock Boxes" is a subject of universal interest. We are the home of Coleman Co and they used to make nice ones but they stopped. (When here for the 05 nationals people can go to the Coleman factory outlet/museum.) Years ago we all made our own boxes out of plywood from the same plans and the docks looked strangely uniform. Now there are a remarkable number of "solutions" screwed to the docks.

You will notice my table and its third panel for the queen size bed in one of the boxes and my cockpit cushions, (one in each box) as well.
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dhunt
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Response Posted - 08/09/2004 :  11:37:12  Show Profile
TELL ME WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IN IMG_1441.JPG.
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Jeff McK
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Response Posted - 08/09/2004 :  12:53:19  Show Profile
Loks like a nice setup, and skillfully placed to inadvertent avoid use as a fender. The only obvious limitation to the one with a seat would be the tendancy for water to collect inside the rim. While this would probably feel great on a hot day, it seems like a bad thing to discover as you are getting ready to get in the car. Maybe if you tilt it a few degrees so it drains...
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 08/09/2004 :  20:52:32  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by dhunt</i>
<br />TELL ME WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IN IMG_1441.JPG.
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It is in the dock box in the picture before it. It is a dual blade fan that spans the top of the hatchway with both blades blowing down in the boat on cool days and nights. It also sits in the sail locker hatch on hot days and nights to ventilate my air conditioner, one blade blows down and one sucks up for that job.
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Leon Sisson
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Response Posted - 08/09/2004 :  21:17:44  Show Profile  Visit Leon Sisson's Homepage
Anyone got plans for DIY dockbox?

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 08/09/2004 :  22:10:10  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Leon Sisson</i>
<br />Anyone got plans for DIY dockbox?

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Years ago we had a plan that used one 4x8 sheet. The top was 4'X2" The sides were 2' X 1'9.5", the front and back were 2' X 3'7". You end up with three runners for the box to set on so the bottom stays dryer, (you screw through the stringers. The top has a nice overlap all the way around which helps for weather protection. With the right hinges the lid will stay up with the back lip against the back of the box. You just use a hasp for the front.

edit: 3:30 in the morning... THERE IS NO BOTTOM!!!!! Damn! SO apparently this is not exactly what we used to do. Hey Leon, ... and you make a bottom out of some other plywood scrap; yeah that's it. What ever. Good night.
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 08/10/2004 :  16:41:49  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
Smaller with bottom out of the same sheet.
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