Looking for inspiration or advice about adding storage to your boat? This Learn section provides insights on boat storage projects and the best storage solutions to maximize your boats storage space.
Even on today’s luxurious, fully loaded pontoon boats, there’s always room for customizations and upgrades. Check out our suggestions ranging from folding tables to fishing rod holders and grills to garbage can cabinets.
One of the few things Tamsin Hall and Sidney Parris didn’t love about their WorldCat 295CC was the open storage bins recessed into the cockpit sides. So they worked with Boat Outfitters on a custom tackle storage unit for the same cutout.
Adopting a flexible tackle storage system based on swappable trays that are properly pre-organized ensures that you can customize your tackle box, bag or pack for the specific mission ahead.
Many boaters don’t realize just how many places on their boats aluminum and stainless come in close contact. Products like Ultra Teg-Gel helps prevent corrosion between dissimilar metals... so where should it be used?
Fire extinguisher requirements for recreational boats are easy enough to look up online, but it’s worth discussing them in a little more depth. Let’s take a closer look at how fire extinguishers on boats are stored, maintained, and used.
Learn about the best tackle box options for different fishing styles and why! Get the most out of your angling experience with this Boat Outfitters guide.
Metro Boating sells more Blackjack bay boats than anyone else in the country. Being higher-end boats, Metro offers custom options & additional accessories to their customers. Read how Boat Outfitters helped make Metro Boating the nation's top Blackjack dealer.
Sea Hunt boats are wildly popular for good reason. Sea Hunt owners purchase lots of parts and materials from Boat Outfitters to customize their boats. This article highlights 5 of the coolest upgrades.
Installing a Boat Outfitters inset, face-mount storage unit is well within the abilities of most DIYers, but it does require a bit of forethought and careful measurement.
Calling all pontoon owners! Looking for convenient cooler storage on your boat? In this video, our team discusses the different storage options. From drawer units, to tilt-out units, we have the solution you've been looking for.
If there was one thing Joe Capalbo missed about his previous boat, it was the recessed tackle storage units in both sides of the leaning post, readily accessible from the cockpit. He needed more room to store jigs, weights, hooks, leader, knives, pliers, and more within arm’s reach of the cockpit while fishing his Chesapeake Bay home waters.
If you're tired of using a simple trash bag tied to your boat's rail, you must check out this video! Our team discusses a variety of trash can storage options.
Looking for a storage unit that fits your specific needs? Learn about the difference between free-standing and inset storage units in this informative video!
No matter what size boat you have, you have probably experienced the “incredible shrinking boat syndrome.” No matter how organized you try to be at the beginning of a trip, it doesn’t take long for a boat to get cluttered. Eighteen feet of fiberglass doesn’t do you much good if you only have five feet of usable space!
Trying to maximize the storage space on your boat? Listen to our team discuss tips on how you can make the most of your shallow storage spaces with rod boxes and tilt-out units.
Your leaning post is right at the center of most of what happens on a fishing boat. Here are six DIY upgrades to optimize your fiberglass leaning post.
Sure, your leaning post does everything that’s listed in the job description, but with a bit of innovative thinking and a few carefully selected accessories, you can turn your aluminum frame leaning post into a multi-function fishing and driving station.
Tune in to learn about the different cell phone accessories available for your boat. We discuss the benefits of upgrading your boat with phone holders and chargers!
Problem: Your hand slowly going numb while you dig blindly through the ice in a partially opened cooler under your leaning post for that last decent beer mixed in with your brother-in-law’s Natty Lights.
The final design, arrived at after several iterations, features a deep center bin for towels, jackets, and other bulky items. A vented front makes it easy to see the contents and allows plenty of airflow to let wet items dry out and keep mildew and mold at bay.
There is no real estate more prime for tackle storage than the aft side of the leaning post. Unfortunately, many boat builders don’t really maximize leaning post space. We have a variety of solutions to make the most of this often unused space!
Fishing pontoons are made, not born. All of those basic fishing boat features — rod and tackle storage, bait and live wells, trolling motor rigging, and so on — have to be added. Among your first priorities should be a convenient, secure place to stow rods where they’re easily accessible.
Tilt-out units are a great way to add storage in tight spots like transoms, gunwales, and consoles. Check out things to consider when shopping for a tilt-out storage unit on your boat.
