Is this area just forward of the companionway hinges hollow, or does it conceal some structural component? I'm thinking of building a ceiling mounted storage unit for some electronics (VHF, stereo) and other small items. It would go over where the light is now, and I would probably remount the light on the bottom of whatever I build. I might need to run wires above the headliner, and I'm concerned that that lowered area might have a beam or something in it which would block me from fish taping a line back to the panel.
