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Old 06-07-2022, 01:12 PM   #13
rslifkin
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City: Rochester, NY
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Originally Posted by Hippocampus View Post
Don’t like to store very heavy things near through hulls. Particularly marelon. Had experience when crewing of a near sinking with a milk crate full of chain striking a thru hull. Have no issue storing stuff in the engine room but not unsecured heavy things.

Seconded. Anything stored should be secured. I've got 2 storage crates in my engine room. One is screwed down, the other isn't on a surface I can screw into, so it's held down with 4 large bungee cords that keep it wedged in place.
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