[Public-List] Is my hatch original?

[dan walker]

jeff,
sorry i cannot tell you for sure,but when i acquired rascal she had a hatch like yours,- i think. apparently a good wind---say a truck rolling at 70 miles per hour down interstate 65, will also cause the hatch to abandon ship. always wondered if some poor guy was just cruising behind rascal admiring her lines when she threw her hatch at him. he probably disliked her at that point. a woodworker friend made a new one that we tried to "fix" what you are pointing out. iam not sure now what our fix was, i think we used plexiglas that fit under the stainless on either side and in the interior we added wood brackets that hold down the aft/codkpit side. but when i have shipped her since, i run lines from the handrails over the top of the hatch just in case she wants to throw the  hatch again
dan
--- On Sat, 5/8/10, Jeffrey <fongemie at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Jeffrey <fongemie at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Public-List] Is my hatch original?
> To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
> Date: Saturday, May 8, 2010, 1:18 PM
> For those with older boats, does your
> hatch look like mine? Does it
> come off easily?
> 
> Please see:
> 
> http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/NUTnMZJQq3qDtMd3a1KPUw?feat=directlink
> http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/bm6dN2wrwbxsRK318mEzPw?feat=directlink
> http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Eq90u5rZy1UXsWEDEsaACw?feat=directlink
> http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/oUK9wOPYgdcddxWig5NkCw?feat=directlink
> 
> My main hatch can come off the tracks with less effort than
> I'd like.
> The setup may be common, I don't know, but the hatch slides
> on SS
> rails, and the hatch holds onto the rails with 4 bronze
> ovals that
> overlap the underside of the rails. If you push the hatch
> to one side
> it can be lifted straight up and off. Not a good thing
> should we
> capsize.
> 
>  Jeff Fongemie
> #116 Seagrass
> 
> http://picasaweb.google.com/fongemie
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