Jim, we are on the east coast of Florida and were going to the Bahamas until the world lost its mind over the CV. We had stocked the boat with 3 months supply of food and adult beverages. I have taken the sole off that supports the settee table in the past and was amazed at the amount of wasted, useable space that is there. Unfortunately, I also would not mess with trying to cut an access point there afraid to lose the support for the table. But what we did do is remove the table and support post and place many, many, many bottles in there. Used packing bubble wrap to secure them and it has worked out fine. Only need to access when more accessibly supplies are diminished. Not totally convenient, but it works......