Posted: 23 Aug 2010 at 8:13pm
The companionway hatch on #227 has been screwed with somewhere along the way.

It will lay on the slide tracks...but does not actually attach. I want to fix this but I'm not sure what was there originally.....

would someone mind taking a picture of thiers so I can match it?

This is what I have....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/52021425@N04/?saved=1

Thanks!
P.S. Ron someday teach me how to post pics


Posted: 03 Aug 2011 at 10:47pm
So you're asking what keeps the hatch from just lifting off the cabin top? I'll look when I go down to Yanqui (#197) tomorrow. My last boat, though (Monty 17)' it was nothing. Just sat there on its own weight.

Joe


Posted: 05 Aug 2011 at 1:16am
I checked and my hatch is exactly the same as yours. Nothing holds the hatch down other than it's own (considerable) weight.

Joe
Yanqui #197


Posted: 08 Aug 2011 at 10:48pm
Grand Finale has retainers molded into the leading and trailing edges of the hatch sides. They break off over time. I've considered screwing a retainer plate to the edges of the hatch corners to replace/re-enforce these retainers.

Here's the picture:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66212269@N0

Beautiful boats and fair winds!
Sailinmike
Dolphin #300
Grande Finale


Posted: 16 Aug 2011 at 11:27pm
Boy, as heavy as my cover is, I have to think it would take a near turtling to get that hatch off. Doesn't seem like the retainers would be worth the time, certainly not on a river like me.

Joe
Yanqi #197