"Vice Box" - Boat App

Necessity is the Mother of Invention or at least "adaptation".  My "need" was to add to the comfort of my boat guests with a cup holder that has a low profile for easy access to a beverage,

has a cut-out for a coffee cup handle,

is ready to serve up a Ninkasi for Happy Hour,

is sturdy enough to hold a Micro Quart,

is flexible enough to hold a cigar if the need arises,

and is out-of-the-way enough so it doesn't interfere with casting a fly rod.

Took me a few months and a few prototypes - hope it adds to the wood experience in my boat this year.... Ha

GH

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Clarke on March 13, 2011 at 3:34pm
Schweet!
Permalink Reply by Herb Jacobsen on March 13, 2011 at 3:41pm

Greg,

What a hoot....   You need them to be bigger for 16 ozers.....

 

Herb

Permalink Reply by Greg Hatten on March 13, 2011 at 4:05pm

You got it... Big enough for a whole "pint" of Ninkasi... ha ha  

I'll be selling the plans for this "Vice Box" at the Boat Festival next month - charging one ice cold Ninkasi per plan...  

GH

Permalink Reply by Tim Hatten on March 13, 2011 at 9:28pm
It holds the canning jars!!! I'm on my way
Permalink Reply by Rick Newman on March 14, 2011 at 4:26pm

Greg, as always, good work. Multi-purpose, useful and good looking, I'm sure that's what your wife says about you too! Do you have access to any big pieces of bamboo? Big enough to build something like this? Three more days of school. Time to find a job and build a boat! Looking forward to seeing you soon.  I've never seen the Nikasa beverage. I'll have to find some for the trip.  I like your pint jar with handle idea, especially the lid.

 

Your brother in waves,

 

Rick Newman

Permalink Reply by Greg Hatten on March 14, 2011 at 4:49pm

Thanks Rick,

My wife says a lot of things about me and my multi-purpose gadgets... ha ha.  She thinks the varnish fumes have affected me.  I DO have some bamboo contacts - how big a piece and what do you have in mind??  Maybe we can "chat" about it at the show next month.  Good luck with school - that's a big accomplishment - well done brother!!  Ninkasi is a local brew and they support ALL things outdoors - particularly if it relates to fly fishing and boat building.  The quart jar is my vessel of choice - my local pub gives a big discount on "refills"... kinda like a "Big Gulp". ha

GH

Permalink Reply by Rick Newman on March 14, 2011 at 6:14pm

Greg, something big enough to do a similar job as to your new system. Yeah, let's talk then.

 

Rick

Permalink Reply by John Greenleaf on March 14, 2011 at 5:10pm
Greg, Needless to say; you are my hero. I can only hope that none of my fishing buddies see this - I'll have a mutiny on my hands if I don't do some of the same. My only constructive criticism is that the cigar cut-out may make it hard to pack the box full of crushed ice...J.G.
Permalink Reply by Greg Hatten on March 14, 2011 at 5:51pm

...hmmmm - let me work on that.

GH

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