[C320-list] BOMAR hatches

[Dave Anderer]

Try just backing the screws (on the latches that bind) out a turn or 
so.  That made them loose enough to work smoothly for me.

Quentin Murphy wrote:
> Can anyone address why the screens that come with the hatches (mid cabin and
> aft cabin) are a PITA to install?  These are aluminium framed screens with
> rounded corners that fit into a recess in the hatch.  Then you just close
> off eight white plastic levers that hold the screen assembly in place.  If
> only it was that simple.  Anyway, it's not just a problem on our boat.  I've
> experienced the same problem on a friend's C-420.  You're lucky if you can
> turn two or three of the "latches" into the recess in the aluminium.  I was
> thinking of using a Dremal or similar small tool to grind away some
> aluminium at these eight points on the frame.  What have others done with
> this problem as I've never been able to install these screens without great
> difficulty, if at all?   So after spending ten minutes, or so, trying to get
> a screen in place, then you have to undo the whole thing if you want to
> close the hatch if it starts raining (or run onto the deck and close it from
> the outside).  If bug season wasn't on the way, I would put them in a garage
> for storage.  Those cloth screens with weights don't work well in my
> opinion, so I want to get the Catalina supplied screens to work as intended.
>
> Quentin Murphy
> Celtic Knot #667
>