where to put my pole(s)

[kpgraci]

Everything is out of the boat, now I'm putting it back in. I want to store my boat hook (about 5' collapsed) and my whisker pole (about 7' collapsed) in the cabin so that they are secure and out of the way until I need them.
Oh, and my fishing pole too.

They would fit extending back under the cockpit on either side, or along the ceiling of the cabin - but how to attach them?

What are my options for clamps, ties, whatever.

Another separate problem I'm having - wire management, I used those little sticky pads for nylon ties and they last about a month then peel off due to the marine environment. I could run a screw through each - but they're ugly as it is...and though I'm sure a screw must be used I really don't like putting holes all over the fiberglass haphazardly anyway - I'm looking for a more permanent solution to get wires from one end of the cabin to the other (stereo, vhf, electric).

 

[Joe11688]

I came up with a solution for stowing my boat hook, whisker pole and fishing pole in the cabin of my boat just last year. It was such an easy and useful mod that I named it "The mother of all mods." Both my whisker pole and my telescopic boat poles are at least 6' long and they open up to about 12'. They were just a little too long to fit in the cabin of my boat and when I looked at my rear plywood bulkhead it got me to thinking that if I were to remove it or part of it, the solution to this problem would be solved. I removed the rear Starboard half of the bulkhead and sure enough, there was plenty of room for these poles to protrude beyond the bulkhead and into the lazarette on that side of the boat. All I had to do was cut that small portion of the bulkhead that fits up into the inside of the rear combing.
I'm not sure if this type of mod is applicable to the O'Day 22 but if it is, you would want to make a short cap to fit on top of the plywood and glue or staple some rug to it. Like a dumbbell, I made my cap out of Teak and covered it with headliner material. Pine is a softer wood for this purpose and it will take staples or glue.
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The interior of my boat has a fabric headliner and I wound up using Velcro on the back of small 1/4" plywood squares with metal utility hooks attached to them. The Velcro I used was the heavy duty type found in automotive shops with large hooks. All I needed was the hook material which can be stuck anywhere to my headliner.
It seems to work but a better solution would be to adhere some blocks of wood to the areas where I want to screw the metal hooks in place. This would probably involve removing some small pieces of head liner where the blocks need to go. I would use West System Six 10 Epoxy for this. I have a rope board that I installed years ago in my lazarette which I could do over again with the West Six 10 instead of the Mickey Mouse way that I installed it. Anything that requires attachment to Fiberglas where strength is involved, this stuff can't be beat.
My friend used this stuff on his O'Day 30 to fill a small gap between the keel and the hull and it worked like a champ. He uses this stuff a lot now and swears by it.

Anyway ken, these are my thoughts on this subject. It may or may not apply to your boat. You'll need to make the call. If you looked in my cabin you would never know that there was a boat hook and whisker pole in there until you looked into that starboard cubby hole. My boat hook is more accessible now than it ever was. All I have to do is reach right in and grab it when I need it in a hurry.

Joe

 

[kpgraci]

OK, found your pics.

I actually don't have a rear bulkhead, I was going to add a plywood one at some point, but I'll need to look at the exact layout to see how the poles would sit.

The 22 does not have a 'cubby' like your 222, it's flat but still should work I think.

Thanks for the ideas.

 

[Joe11688]

You may not need a rear bulkhead. A small shelf under the combing would work just as well. Glue or staple some rug to it and it should work fine in the stern of the boat. All you need is some kind of support for the other end.