[C320-list] V Berth doors revisited

[Bill & Heather]

Hello Bob,



I have a 2005 Hull #1058 and what I did was as follows.



I removed the door assembly at the hinges, (3 on the port side) took it home 
and removed a little over 1/8 inch along the entire length of the door on 
the hinged side (port side with the three double swing hinges) with my 6" 
jointer. You could use a table saw, but you would have to take the other 
half of the door off first.



Once that was done I recessed the hinges about 1/8 of an inch again, as 
almost all of the original recess was removed by the jointer. I then sanded 
the corners lightly to take the sharp corners off, and applied two coats of 
MinWax Polycrylic (satin).



Works perfectly now. ( my door was so tight before that I could not force it 
closed with all my might!)



Don't take off too much, as the door won't stay closed properly. Too little 
and you won't be able to open by pulling on the hand recess.



Bill Morack



FAT CAT #1058





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Seastream" <seastream at adelphia.net>
To: "C320-List" <c320-list at catalina320.com>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 6:55 AM
Subject: [C320-list] V Berth doors revisited


> Recently, someone raised the issue about V berth doors not closing.  My 
> 2002 seems to have this problem.  One suggestion was to take the doors 
> off.  Any other solution, such as planing, etc., or are we stuck with the 
> problem?  I could really use some closure here.
>
> Bob Seastream
> 2002 hull 906
> 'Intuition'
>
>