33 Express Eisen Glass storage

I put mine under the front birth mattress. I just stack them neatly under there, I don’t wrap them in anything, I just do it carefully. The small center piece I slide in with the cockpit table. I wish they made that compartment deeper so they all could be slide in there.

Thanks for the suggestions guys...under the front bunk might be the same challenge as today....will remove the table on the port side storage and see if that’s an option as I never use that table.....thinking the panels are larger than the space, but will try again....have a large cooler in that aft seating area with seadek on its top which serves as the table....

I don't have the 33 Express, but on my 33 OBX, I have a bag that came with the isinglass and I put them all in there and store it in two places. Spring and fall when I end up using the Queen bed frequently in the cabin, I store it hanging via the handle on the bag in the big storage area under the rear hatch (where your engines are located on the express). During the summer, when we don't use the bed much other than for our grandkids to take a nap, I put the bag at the very back of the Queen bed in the cabin. I realize that doesn't help you, but perhaps getting a bag like I have with separate storage areas which are separated by a fine material within the bag, may make things easier. I actually was going to store it under the bed as well on the 33 OBX but it was just a bit to difficult to move the mattress, put the bag in there and then push the mattress back into place. I also have a mattress topper on it which complicates things.

Not sure why your isinglass didn't come with the bag like mine did. You boat is only one year older.

I’ve always thought it would be very cool if the vinyl panel under the hardtop was hinged and there was a compartment in there to put the panels.

Interesting, when I ordered my 33 OBX with Isinglass and was told it would be the type you can't roll up, I had a conversation with the deal on where to store. He mentioned I would get a bag, but I said the only place on the boat seemed to be the cabin or perhaps the back storage area. I was hoping I could build a container on the top of the hatch for the rear storage area but due to how it's constructed that isn't possible. We also discussed under the hard top since I didn't get the hard top with the sun roof. I agree with you guys that would be the best place if we could come up with a way to make the white panel a little more ridgid.

I've noticed lately when running into the wind above 30 mph that that back section of the white panel is flapping quite a bit. Wondering how that will look after a few years. Coming up with something more ridigid there, with storage for the isinglass sounds like a future project for me.

spade,

I would say no if you can roll up your isinglass and you are happy with it that way. The only thing I think you need to be concerned with in rolling it up is how much movement the roll has when underway. If it is a lot the glass could scratch itself while moving. For instance I had screen in one portion of my 4060 canvass setup with isinglass. To open the screen you simply rolled up the isinglass. Between the screen rubbing the isinglass and the roll up, even though that isinglass was new two years ago, the rolled up section is already scratched heavily.

On our boats we have a harder type of isinglass. A brand of that is called strata glass but I don't think that is what Regal uses, but it's pretty solid and you can't roll it up. Has to be stored flat. That is the challenge when you have 4 big pieces and one smallish one (walk through). My bag is probably 3 x 5 or 6 feet. Pretty big bag to store on a 33 foot boat.

gotcha. I can totally see how that would prove difficult or tedious at times all the while still being awesome.