I have this wonderful stuff called UHMW, or "poor man's Teflon" . . . It is actually 
slicker, in some
properties, than Teflon . . . I mounted it to the inside of my kick-up rudder 
cheekplates with epoxy:  I have
an unusually-designed kick-up rudder in which the rudder body is fixed, and the 
cheekplates move (they're
mounted to the blade) . . . The UHMW prevents scratches to the varnished body of the 
rudder, and also gives
the kick-up blade a very smooth motion . . . You could epoxy strips of UHMW to the 
track slides of the hatch,
so they would be hidden from view, and protected from UV . . .

----- Original Message -----
From: "MC Carpenter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 8:58 PM
Subject: better hatch slide

any way to make the hatch slide better, like on something slippery, instead
of fiberglass on fiberglass




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