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[quote=Edchris177]I tried it on a boat we had up in the NWT years ago. We used a center hull storage on a power boat. The fibreglass was considerably thicker than the skin of a beach cat, so you have to be aware of can edges or bottles bashing around. 
Secondly, all that motion wreaks havoc on the beverages, of course the only thing you are carring is bottled water, right:lol:
Thirdly, ice lasts about as long as a snowball in hell. Even  in the NWT & cold water, the ice melted quickly, really quickly.
I considered lining the area with scraps of styrofoam SM, the blue stuff they use in buildings. It's pretty dense, will not absorb water even if immersed for months, & it is easily cut . Use a jigssaw with hobby blade to get good edges, a razor knife leaves crooked lines.
It can easily be "glued" together with acoustical sealant, & a small drain hole cut at the low end. I would place thin sheets of that closed cell packing wrap between rows of bottles to prevent breakage due to the pounding effect of waves. This was one of my better ideas that never happened due to talks cheap, works hard!
One weekend, in a bind we did cobble a cooler together from the above materials, & it kept ice as well or better than any store bought cooler. The physics are sound, yu will have to work a bit harder due to the restricted access. Even a segment of SM on the floor of the hull, & a soft sided cooler worked through the port would be way better than just dropping cans in.<em>Edited by Edchris177 on Jun 28, 2011 - 12:33 PM.</em> [/quote]

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