28 te quarter berth

[special k]

as a prospective buyer of a 28te i have a question.
i am an avid fisherman and keep many rods onboard my boat. is the quarter berth deep enough to serve as a rod storage area?
during my inspection of an '03 motor box i forgot to check this out. i can easily have more than a dozen rods (inshore) kept on my boat.
what do you guys do for rod storage? the pilot house seemed too small for overhead racks with rods averaging 7 feet in length.

all input appreciated......mk

[Russell]

If you search on rod storage you will find that owners have employed several different solutions to this problem. Some have overhead storage racks in the pilothouse, cabin, or quarter berth. I started by just laying them in the quarter berth but then built a rack to store them crosswise forward of the V berth. When I have too many aboard they just sit on the cabin sole leaning against the V berth.

[Albinflorida]

The quarter berth is 6'3"on either model. Some people put racks in the roof above the quarter berth, or just lay them down.