Plastic drawers
Some of our plastic drawers in the pantry, and at the navigation, are in bad shape. Can new ones still be obtained somewhere? Yves Le Cornec from Nautor Villefranche told me he ordered the last ones 2 years ago, it seems that Nautor does not produce them anymore.

Christian IF 411/28

Dear Chris,

I know Nautor does not supply them any more (and unfortunately not only the drawers...), but I have seen a modification onboard a S&S Swan 38, a few years ago, which I liked. They built wooden ones, unfortunately I have no pics, but will ask the owner if she can do some.

Fair winds!

matteo (38/067 Only You)

Dear all,

I have the same problem. The drawers are almost impossible to clean and are "yellowing", which looks scruffy. If anyone has a solution to get them white again, or suggestions for replacement, I would be gratefull.

Gerrit
47/001

Dear Gerrit,

I had a problem that the drawers didn´t keep on their places when the boat heels. The reason was the slide ends which had worn round. I cut a piece of them and replaced with aluminium profile in order to get the ends sharp again. The drawers were also painted inside with normal spray paint. Works suberb, but wooden drawers would be more sophisticated solution.

Ilkka 411/006

Dear all
If you make wooden drawers it is important to consider that they tend to swell in the moist conditions on board. Either make them with big enough tolerances, or treat the wood with epoxy to keep the moisture out.
Best regards
Lars