Shelf Guards for lack of the correct name. basically a retaining rail so stuff don't fall off the shelf.
Not much of a
project but definitely necessary.
Sometimes I think Mainships were built with absolutely no thought given that they might actually be used on the
water.
Most shelves and ledges have a 1" high lip. Now anything on your shelf over 1" high will take a nose dive with the
slightest bit of rocking, whether from a waves or wakes.
I just cut some strips of red oak 1/2" thick X 1 1/2" tall X whatever length I needed for the V-Berth and did the same with
Teak in the forward
head.
I try to keep the
wood the same as what is already there. I went to Home depot and bought some strips of 1" wide X 1/8" thick
aluminum strips.
I bent them into an "L" shaped bracket and cut to desired height (height). Then drilled the mounting holes - 2 into the shelf and 1 into the retaining strip or shelf guard. I used cap nuts on the screws coming through the
wood strip so that no one will cut their fingers on a sharp edge. These are not the sturdiest retaining guards known to mankind but more than sufficient to do the intended job of preventing things from falling off the shelf.
I made my own "L" Brackets because the 'store bought' ones had the holes in the wrong places and didn't look as good either - at least , to me.