[Public-List] Companionway Lock

[milleype at kingston.net]

Thanks Andrew,
This is very useful information and I will follow-up with some research on
the J24 website.
Peter

> Peter,
>
> The way I've normally seen the flat stainless bar you describe involves
> the flat bar, a stainless fastpin with a large splitring for your finger,
> a socket for the fastpin, and ordinarily there's a stainless plate that
> surrounds the slit cut in the top hatchboard.?
>
> The socket for the fastpin is installed on the underside of the slider.?
> The bar is drilled at both ends, one end for the lock, the other for the
> fastpin.? When you're sailing, you remove the bar and fastpin so that they
> don't injure anyone.? When you're ready to leave the boat, you put the
> fastpin through the bar and into the socket, orient the bar pointing aft,
> put the hatchboards in, and when you slide the slider aft, the bar slots
> through the slit.? Everything has to be just right or it won't align.
>
> I think this is standard equipment for J/24s, you might check to see if
> there is a source for a kit with everything properly measured.? I would
> start on the APS website, I think they carry a lot of J/24 specific gear.
>
> Andrew
> Andante - 152
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