George, I admire the method but didn't use it for the following reasons:
1) When caught in a thunderstorm I couldn't even get my hatchboards in due to the rapidly escalating conditions as I waited too long. To cleat these lines you have to be partially in the cabin. 2) If you don't keep them locked all of the time you will find your self in 1 above some day. If you do keep them locked all of the time they will frustrate you to the point where you stop locking them except when leaving the boat. 3) I think that the loose line created when opened would always foul on something when closed. This would prevent it's easy use and I don't have the patience to untangle it frequently. As regards to teak blocks in the cabin I have used teak plywood for this quite frequently. I normally use thickened epoxy to get a good surface spread. When I don't thicken it I usually get a failure before long. 5200 should work as well but I don't have it handy and boy is it a mess if you use too much - even worse than epoxy. Thanks Doug M15 #310 "Seas the Day" --- G Burmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I saw a nifty method for securing the cockpit > lockers on an '89 M-15 that > was for sale at a local boatyard a while back. It > consisted of small eyes > bolted to the underside of the locker lids with > small lines led forward to > clam cleats affixed to the interior side of the > cabin on either side where > they can easily be reached from the cockpit. A small > hole for the line had > to be drilled in the shallow starboard locker. I've > been told this is a > standard feature on Macgregor boats, but it still > might be a good idea. No > barked shins from hasps sticking out and no extra > locks needed since locking > the hatch boards secures everything. > > What I didn't learn was how the cleats inside the > boat were attached. I > don't want to drill holes in the boat so I'm > thinking of using 5200 or > epoxy to attach some small teak blocks to the cabin > sides, into which I can > screw the clam cleats. Likewise, a strip of teak > glued to the interior below > the cockpit opening would allow attachment of > storage pockets without having > to drill through the glass and so on (my last boat > had a cabin liner, so > screwing stuff in was no problem). > > Has anyone else used this method of securing the > lockers? I'm also wondering > how others have dealt with attaching stuff inside > their cabins? Is 5200 a > good choice or should I be going with epoxy? > > Thanks in advance, > > George Burmeyer, 89 M-15 #385 > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you�re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
