A small fishing dinghy may only need a chilly bin to keep the sun off the refreshments or bait for a few hours, whereas a cruising vessel may need to store weeks’ worth of supplies in a deep freezer for extended trips. In between these extremes are launches or larger runabouts that will likely be used for the occasional overnight trip or weekend away. As I rebuild my boat Divecat I am changing her interior layout, from a purely day-boat to a something more suitable for extended family trips. With the change in usage comes a change in the onboard refrigeration requirements.
At the moment the galley is, literally, a blank space and hence I have the opportunity to build in whatever I like. Before I start the joinery work I need to plan out what type of fridge to fit, where to put it, and how big a unit to
