Deck and Dockside Living

Our new dock brackets are a smart way to maximize the space on your dock or deck.

Mounting your dock boxes on the edge of your dock can free up a lot of space.

Your jetty or dock might look big – but throw a few chairs on there, a cooler of beer and a few friends and space is at a premium.

That’s why we’ve created these new Offset Dock Brackets – which give you the opportunity to enjoy all the storage versatility of our dock boxes without taking up valuable space on your dock.

The concept is simple: Screw the aluminum dock brackets to the outer edge of your deck or dock and then attach your dock boxes on top. Providing you storage solutions without wasting space.

This way they securely hang over the edge of your dock, safe and solidly supported, giving easy access to your fishing or boating equipment.

Easy to install, these mounting brackets add space and versatility to your dock or deck.

Aluminum construction means that these brackets are incredibly light, yet able to easily support the weight of your boxes and equipment.

They’re also resistant to rust and rot; ideal for mounting on both freshwater and seawater jetties.

And they’re not just for seafarers. If you use one of our boxes at home, on your deck or poolside, these dock box brackets can give you a wealth of mounting options to save space, clear clutter or just as a good looking new angle on the way your property is set up.

We’re already talking to customers who love this new product. If you decide to try them, be sure to send us pictures of where you install them – we’d love to showcase them here! Email info@deckanddockboxes.com.

Our specialty fishing rod storage box was just the ticket for Pennsylvania fishing enthusiast Jordan Davis.

Jordan's cabin is miles from the nearest neighbor - or powerline!

“There’s not a lot to it,” Jordan admits, telling us about his cabin on Mt. Pocono.

“It’s right on the lake, in the center of ten acres of pine trees. Sometimes I can be out there a whole week and never see another soul.”

At just 10×14, Jordan’s prefab cabin doesn’t even have electricity or running water – just double-insulated windows and a steel door – but he doesn’t care.

“My place in the Poconos is there for one thing and one thing only. Fishing. If I wanted to sit on my ass and watch Real Housewives, I could do that at home.”

Jordan, who spends most of the year in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, bought the plot of land back in 2005 to fully indulge his fishing obsession. He spent just about every weekend for two summers running sleeping rough in the bed of his truck before buying a pre-fab to indulge his hobby further.

And while the cabin has some of the comforts of home – like a wood burning stove and a twin sized bed – it doesn’t offer much in the way of fishing rod storage for his impressive collection of rods.

“I bust a brand new St. Croix Legend Tournament my first weekend staying in the new cabin,” he admits. “I plain snapped it, going in the door. Man, was I mad!”

So while Jordan will stow his chow, spare clothes and camping equipment in the cabin when he’s spending time in the mountains, he bought his fishing rods an alternative home – one almost as impressive as his cabin.

At 96" long, our Large Fishing Rod Box easily accomodates most professional fishing rods

“I invested in one of your Large Fishing Rod Storage Boxes,” Jordan explains, “in Montana Grey, so it fits right in. It’s eight feet long, so I can easily store three full length rods in there right by the water.”

Made from durable, marine-grade fiberglass, one of the advantages of the box is that Jordan can leave it right on the waterside from one summer to the next.

“I made a little foundation for it with concrete and bolted it right in.” He says. “It isn’t going anywhere.” He also likes how the box can be locked with a padlock to keep his rods safe on the rare occasions he leaves his property and heads to nearby Gouldsboro to pick up essential supplies (like a case of Miller High Life.)

“I know I probably don’t need to lock it,” he admits. “I haven’t seen an uninvited soul on my property in the six years I’ve owned it.” He shrugs. “But I’m from Jersey, man. That’s how we roll down there.”

With sleek lines, state-of-the-art design and superior construction, there’s no doubt that our deck and dock boxes are utterly modern – but the concept of the dock box dates back centuries, and has been a part of sailing culture for almost as long as there have been boats.

A camphorwood sea chest - now a sought-after antique!

The traditional deck box would be used to store rope, grapples and other tools of the sea trade that crewman needed easy access to – but that wasn’t the only place you’d find one on board a sailing ship.

From the captain to the cabin boy, all sailors kept all their worldly possessions in a single sea chest slung beneath their hammock or bunk – another modern equivalent to today’s deck box.

These wooden chests contained a sailor’s clothes, money, documents and mementos from home (and trinkets from all the other places they’d been on their voyages.)

Despite often being crammed beneath deck with dozens or hundreds of other seamen, there was an unwritten rule that a man’s sea chest was sacred – and nobody would tamper with a crew mate’s chest even if the poor soul had been sent to Davy Jone’s Locker.

Antique sea chests today raise a lot of money at auction, and depending on their age illustrate the evolution of many design details you’ll still find used today; including many mirrored in our own range of deck boxes, benches and lockers.

Our deck boxes are light and practical, but built to the same timeless standards

For example, sea chests were always hinged and opened from the top, just as modern deck boxes are today, and were designed with wooden lips and clasps to protect the contents from water and waves.

Likewise, sea chests were often sealed with tar and wax to make them not just waterproof, but floatable – so if the worst happened, a sailor’s possessions would bob on top of the water instead of sinking to the bottom of it like the ship he’d just abandoned.

Today, our dock and deck boxes are made from marine-grade fiberglass instead of wood, which is just as tough and durable, but considerably lighter and stronger. Although certainly not designed for that purpose, our deck boxes are also floatable (depending on the weight of their contents) and much more resistant to the elements than alternatives.

And while antique sea chests are highly sought after collectables – with examples from the 1700s reaching thousands of dollars at auction – it’s worth knowing that the attention to detail and state-of-the-art construction of our dock and deck boxes means that they might still be around – and being used – almost as many years into the future.