I didn't take too many pics of the boat itself, wish I did but, oh well, next time. I'll post a couple of pics that might give you a bit of an idea here. I found somebody's flikr page a few months ago that had lots of pics of below deck so I'll see if I can find that again and post a link to it, because I found it helpful.
So this is the Pirate's Lady, (which is apparently identical to the Morning Star). Notice the wetsuits and towels and stuff hanging around the, for lack of the appropriate term, railings of the boat. Often there was much more stuff hanging out to dry there, so while it's been said already, BRING YOUR OWN CLIPS! I saw clothes pins of all descriptions and I'm not sure how many of them were provided by the boat, but there weren't enough. In a bind though, most things dried fairly well (just not as quickly) draped over the back of the benches.
Here's half of the dive deck area, there was another gear bench on the other side of the boat. If it looks crowded to gear up, it's because it kind of is. When you go to hook up your first stage and check your fill before a dive, use this time make sure your hoses and BC straps aren't twisted up with the gear next to yours, especially if you plan of being one of the first ones in the water, because, at least on our boat, not everybody was standing there at the same time, so there was a bit more room. If you're patient, wait till a few people are in the water before going over to the gear rack because it's
much easier to get into your gear when there's an empty tank slot on either side of you, because, yes, they
are that close together.
One of the two gates is right next to the woman in orange, so getting off the boat generally wasn't too congested except on the drift dives and the shark feed.
Here's the ladder for the forward cabin. Nothing too complicated about this except closing it at night or in the rain which takes a bit of practice/skill/luck to do if there's nobody on deck to close it for you. If it wasn't night or raining, it was open. Around mealtimes, there's always people around the top and bottom of the ladder down to the main salon/galley, so don't be shy to ask somebody to help you with your plate or mug if you're going to eat up on deck, which most people did. Sometimes it's possible to do it yourself, sometimes it's not, depending on how calm the water is and what/how much is on your plate.
To the right of the ladder is the weight bin (which is the pic has somebody pink mug). Get what you need early, so you can get the distribution you want.
And here's the Morning Star getting to a site we had just left (one of the few times we saw them during the week). You can see the shade tarp that covers about a third of the deck area, so if you want to tan, there's room and if you don't, there's room too.
A word of storage space: there's a shelf at the end of each bunk which was, at least in my bunk, large enough to have a smallish duffel bag (carry-on size) and a few loose things like a book, bathroom kit, etc on it. If you're fairly organized, it's plenty of space. If you have things with you that you won't need on the boat (like shoes you wore on the flight down) toss them in your suitcase and leave them at the dock (they've got a storage locker or something for bags).
