Connie, You are certainly full of good ideas!
I presume you mounter the rectangular hatchs on the vertical surface under the seat. I may put one in just for convienience! Thanks for the idea. Doug Kelch "Seas the Day" --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Bill, > > After reading all the stories about the problems of > installing a lift > motor mount in an M15, I decided to do it the easy > way and cut an access > hole and install a port. > > What I did was install a rectangular access hatch > between the aft end of > the sail locker and the end of the cockpit. > > It gave me excellent access to the area of the stern > where I installed a > backing plate (plywood) and then the Fulton lift > motor mount. > > From reading other postings, a smaller round hatch > would probably have > done the job as well, however: > > how do you install a backing plate through a 8 inch > diameter hole? > > Isn't it a lot easier to work through a larger area? > > My large hatch now give me a second sail locker for > access to items stuck > all the way aft. I keep my fenders there; my > cleaning bucket and > cleaning materials; and I find it a big improvement, > because formerly all > those items lived in the same space but were hard to > get. > > Now it is just open the lid and reach > in.............. > > I don't remember exactly whose hatch I picked, but > WEST Page 467 - Bomar > Inspection Hatches - Model 411597 10 1/4" x 14 1/4" > flange OD will give > you the idea. > > My feeling was: if I am going to have to cut an > access hole to do the > motor mount installation, then let's increase > utility by making it > another sail locker lid. > > Connie > > M15 #400 LEPPO > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
