Kill the cockpit sink?

YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited May 2022 in Rinker Custom Projects
I will never use the sink/blender in the cockpit.  I need a new fridge for the cockpit as my Waeco is on her last legs.

Any reason I can't take a sawzall to the cockpit sink and insert a bigger fridge?  Seems like I could go from a 65 to an 80 if the sink wasn't in the way...


2006 390 EC
2008 350 EC
Georgian Bay
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes but you can use a multi tool as well
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  • mattiemattie Member Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭✭
    Rarely use the cockpit sink in our boat either. Only if something really messy has occurred. 

    So, replace the counter top with ???
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 2022
    I would have a new countertop made in the winter but really no need to replace. The sink is hidden under the countertop. 


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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Another bonus - one less faucet to winterize!
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  • mattiemattie Member Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭✭
    Gas the sink then. Keep some extra bottles of water in the new bigger fridge.


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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I’m gonna do it! I just need @aero3113 ‘s blessing. 
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    2008 350 EC
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  • Dream_InnDream_Inn Member, Moderator Posts: 7,919 mod
    edited May 2022
    Did you ditch the ice maker?  It looked like it was gone in the one pic. Wondering if you could bigger fridge over there?  I like my sink, but that is personal preference.  No reason you can't remove it. I kind of get it, those little fold up sinks take a lot of space are kind of crappy.  I actually removed my blender when I first got the boat. Put in an inverter and now use a magic bullet. You can always put a regular sink in further back where blender is if you missed it.

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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I did ditch the ice maker. I built a cabinet that lives in its place. 

    I could try positioning the fridge where the ice maker was, but I would have to patch a lot of areas to make it work. 


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    2008 350 EC
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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 8,059 mod
    You asked for opinions -- I say do it.  A sink is useful, but less useful than fridge space and counter space.
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My 342 sink was very handy when we were fishing
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  • skennellyskennelly Member Posts: 2,196 ✭✭✭✭
    I like having a sink on deck.  I probably would miss it.
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,760 ✭✭✭✭✭
    YYZRC said:
    I’m gonna do it! I just need @aero3113 ‘s blessing. 
    We use our cockpit sink a lot with our daughters. I do wish it was in a different location because it takes up so much counter space. I say go for it, make it so it can be reversible somehow so a future owner can put one back in if they want.
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think this is one of those projects that can’t be done well and still be reversible. I will measure up the space this week to see how big of a fridge I can get in and where. I like @Dream_Inn ’s idea - not impossible that I could follow his advice and put the fridge where the ice maker was, thus killing the blender recess instead of the sink. 
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    2008 350 EC
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  • JimGuy341JimGuy341 Member Posts: 108 ✭✭
    @YYZZRC any update on this project?
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 2023
    @JimGuy341 it’s long gone! I upsized the fridge from 65 to 80 and added a pull out storage cabinet. 

    https://rinkerboats.vanillacommunities.com/discussion/12308/rinker-350-360-random-topics/p15


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  • JimGuy341JimGuy341 Member Posts: 108 ✭✭
    @YYZRC nice work.  Any chance you have the old storage cabinet you used to replace the ice maker?
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 2023
    @JimGuy341 sorry, I sold it to a forum member. 

    Here’s the BoatOutfitters.com order info for the door:


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