Deck Box, Replacement

[OVERBOARD]

Have a 1979 53 Motor Yacht, Deck boxes are not in great shape. They could be rebuilt, but would like bigger. Does any one know or recommend a replacement company? Need a deck box, not a dock box (with legs). Would be great if it was water proof, and then it would be spider proof. Could not find a lot online.
Thanks

 

[rourkeh]

This company has good selection

https://www.dockboxes.com/dock-boxes-dock-box-parts

 

[Photolomy]

My dock box does not have legs, but my deck boxes do. Actually, the legs are just teak blocks.

 

[52CMY]

Newby question: I am considering adding deck boxes to my 52CMY. My foredeck is clear now.

how are the deck boxes anchored to the deck? Are there standard footers or hardware to bolt to deck?
Thanks! Eric

 

[Cricket]

Frigibar in Ft Lauderdale, lots of options.

http://www.frigibar.com/frigibar-products/

 

[jim rosenthal]

The challenge is anchoring the deck boxes to the deck without causing water intrusion into the deck core and thereby making it rot.

 

[Jammin']

I had a deck box on my rear deck that was just held down with 5200. I had to use a sledge hammer to break that stuff loose. I would be tempted to just do that.

Another solution would be hardware such as this which would also be removable.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000XBDNM...olid=3K1HBF50GICPX&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

Another solution I have thought about is glassing down L shaped corners to retain the box in position and then perhaps hardware as above.

 

[OVERBOARD]

Newby question: I am considering adding deck boxes to my 52CMY. My foredeck is clear now.

how are the deck boxes anchored to the deck? Are there standard footers or hardware to bolt to deck?
Thanks! Eric

you drill out a hole in the deck where you want to anchor the box. get rid of the balsa core but not the fiberglass under the core. Fill with epoxy, then drill out a hole for the screw and install the screw with a little silicone. Even if water gets in the screw hole it will be in epoxy. No rot this way, and leg of deck box will cover the epoxy hole.

 

[OVERBOARD]

My dock box does not have legs, but my deck boxes do. Actually, the legs are just teak blocks.

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looks great i just don't want any more wood, would consider stainless block and have it polished, an option. Thanks

 

[SKYCHENEY]

Traditionally deck boxes have feet and dock boxes do not. You can use a dock box and add feet but many do not have the gasketing that true deck boxes have. Mine are Pompanette, but I don't think they make them anymore. It seems that new boats do not have any room for deck boxes or the bows are too sloping. This is probably why there are not too many making them now as the demand has dried up.

 

[OVERBOARD]

I ended up with (two) yeti 250 cooler's, a cushion is also available as an accessory. A buddy of mine is making me stainless steel chocks for a more permanent installation. Water proof, can be used as a cooler and make a great deck box. Cost is less that thousand dollars each, which is way less than anything that I could find, 5k. The chocks are not even needed, they don't move on the front deck, they have rubber legs. We were in 4 to 5 foot beam sea and they didn't move, every thing else did. lol

 

[Captain Ralph]

I had this problem many years ago on a Chris Commander.
Following what is practiced on steel boats, weld an angle bracket to the deck and weld the box to it, I epoxied fiberglass 3" angle to the deck and bolted the deck (dock) box to them.

 

[jim rosenthal]

Try Beachcomber; I have had one of their boxes on the deck of my 36C for years.

I mounted it by drilling a small hole in the deck, for each leg, and gluing a SS threaded fitting in each hole with 5200, after saturating the walls of the hole with epoxy. So far, so good. About ten years on, now.

 

[OVERBOARD]