[Public-List] Is my hatch original?

[Jeffrey]

Fred,

To remove your hatch, do you remove the track? I just moved the ovals
inboard a little and it looks like I'll need to remove one track, set
the hatch in place then re attach the track.

-jeff

On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Fred Parker <FParkeriii at ncble.org> wrote:
> My boat was built in 1968 and the hatch looks like yours. My hatch was
> loose after taking it off for rebuilding, but tightening the screws on
> the ovals has kept in on the tracks.
>
> Fred Parker
> Alert, #293
>
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> For those with older boats, does your hatch look like mine? Does it
> come off easily?
>
> Please see:
>
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> 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
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Jeffrey Fongemie

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