Dennis, FWIW I was told by a surveyor that the hasps are OK but ABYC requires a strut to hold the lid open. I just used a shock cord around a winch.
Joel On Fri, Jan 4, 2019 at 11:45 AM Don Kern via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Dennis > > To avoid being trapped we have attached a length of shockcord to the back > side of the latch so it hangs down into the locker. It is a straight > section going to a loop. The straight section's end has a small diameter > copper pipe that has been crimped flat (using a vice in my workshop) then > having holes drilled so matches the cover's latch holes. The other end > forms a loop by crimping. That loop is just long enough to go over the > main winch and keep the seat/cover open. > > My biggest problem has been with the three hinges in that they have > cracked/broken. It seems that the back edge of the seat/cover was not > sealed and and the core compressed allowing shear across the face of the > hinge. All have been replaced which is a two man job, one inside with a > nut driver trying to not loose the nuts/washers to the bilge god and the > other topside doing the screwing. > Don Kern > Fireball 35-2, 12708 > Bristol, RI > > > On 1/4/2019 11:00 AM, Dennis C. via CnC-List wrote: > > Touche' still has the original cockpit locker hasp style latches. You > know the ones that are "upside down" so they close when the lid is down > trapping me in the locker. I actually don't mind them because I drape a > coil of line or a towel over the opening whenever I'm in the locker and on > the boat alone. However, these old hasps probably don't comply with ABYC. > > The solution is probably some swivel style hasps like these: > > https://www.hingeoutlet.com/products/s3853-0002 > > The reason I haven't replaced them or flipped them 180 degrees is because > I haven't found any that match or hide the old bolt pattern. Any listers > found hasps that fit? > > Dennis C. > Touche' 35-1 #83 > Mandeville, LA > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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