The advantage of the hinged back will be appreciated by the man who has kneeled on a stern seat fighting to lift out the kind of seat back which slides in grooves and must be lifted level to prevent jamming. In order to make the stowage spaces equally accessi¬ ble by day or night electric light fixtures are located beneath the cockpit floor on each side of the engine, as well as in the galley, where they light the inside of THE GALLEY GUIDE 136 the icebox, linen locker and galley cupboard when the doors of these compartments are open. The stern locker is lighted by a dome light under the awning frame. Each lighting fixture is carefully placed so that light will not shine in the helmsman’s eyes. Not only in the matter of accessibility, but in the matter of utilizing space which is usually wasted, is the Gray boat out of the ordinary. There are certain items of equipment for which space is seldom pro¬ vided in small cruisers, yet as these items are always taken on cruises, the cockpit or cabin is sacrificed to a clutter which it is perpetually necessary to move from place to place. These items are spare five- gallon cans, oilskins, shore clothes, suitcases, linen, laundry and cruising clothing which is not being worn. Neither the living space of the cabin nor the cockpit of Tinker is ever used as a depository for equipment or supplies. There is truly a place for everything and everything in its place. Of the items enumerated the five-gallon cans are carried in chocks on the floor of the stern locker under the after deck. Here there is also dry stowage for four suitcases or one steamer trunk, in addition to the other equipment regularly assigned to this locker. In it there is 104 cu. ft. of space, obtained by dropping the floor 16 in. below the level of the cockpit floor, and making the face of the stem seat a through bulkhead. The toilet room is sufficiently large and well ventilated to serve as a clothes locker. A rod for hangers is installed thwartships on each side of the door under the deck. Shore clothes are hung on the port side and oilers and rubber boots on the starboard. Lanyards lash the clothes against the bulkhead to keep them from chafing with the motion of the boat, a necessity dis- APPENDIX 137 covered by expensive experience. In the two for¬ ward corners of the toilet room are hung the laundry bags. Three grommets in the mouth of each bag hang from hooks in the corner and on each side to hold it open as a receptacle for soiled linen. Cruising clothes of the party are carried in two hammock bags 4 ft. long slung from hooks against the cabin sides under the deck. Being only 12 in. deep and opening along the top by unhooking the grommets, they do not interfere with the upper berths at all.

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The advantage of the hinged back will be appreciated by the man who has kneeled on a stern seat fighting to lift out the kind of seat back which slides in grooves and must be lifted level to prevent jamming. In order to make the stowage spaces equally accessi¬ ble by day or night electric light fixtures are located beneath the cockpit floor on each side of the engine, as well as in the galley, where they light the inside of the icebox, linen locker and galley cupboard when the doors of these compartments are open. The stern locker is lighted by a dome light under the awning frame. Each lighting fixture is carefully placed so that light will not shine in the helmsman’s eyes. Not only in the matter of accessibility, but in the matter of utilizing space which is usually wasted, is the Gray boat out of the ordinary. There are certain items of equipment for which space is seldom pro¬ vided in small cruisers, yet as these items are always taken on cruises, the cockpit or cabin is sacrificed to a clutter which it is perpetually necessary to move from place to place. These items are spare fivegallon cans, oilskins, shore clothes, suitcases, linen, laundry and cruising clothing which is not being worn. Neither the living space of the cabin nor the cockpit of Tinker is ever used as a depository for equipment or supplies. There is truly a place for everything and everything in its place. Of the items enumerated the five-gallon cans are carried in chocks on the floor of the stern locker under the after deck. Here there is also dry stowage for four suitcases or one steamer trunk, in addition to the other equipment regularly assigned to this locker. In it there is 104 cu. ft. of space, obtained by dropping the floor 16 in. below the level of the cockpit floor, and making the face of the stem seat a through bulkhead. The toilet room is sufficiently large and well ventilated to serve as a clothes locker. A rod for hangers is installed thwartships on each side of the door under the deck. Shore clothes are hung on the port side and oilers and rubber boots on the starboard. Lanyards lash the clothes against the bulkhead to keep them from chafing with the motion of the boat, a necessity dis- covered by expensive experience. In the two for¬ ward corners of the toilet room are hung the laundry bags. Three grommets in the mouth of each bag hang from hooks in the corner and on each side to hold it open as a receptacle for soiled linen. Cruising clothes of the party are carried in two hammock bags 4 ft. long slung from hooks against the cabin sides under the deck. Being only 12 in. deep and opening along the top by unhooking the grommets, they do not interfere with the upper berths at all.

The galley guide