[C320-list] Question on Sliding Comanionway Hatch

[coralman at bellsouth.net]

I replaced mine a few years ago by having a glass company cut a new piece of smoke plexiglass and screwing on the wooden stop with latch.
Michael
Nauti Clew 169 -------------- Original message from Jane & Ken <obuoy4848 at sbcglobal.net>: --------------


> Mike,   Perhaps I am being too simple, but can you not remove the offending part and screw a small teak (or plastic) "rib" that will replicate the original function--I did this on our hull 219 after I BROKE the 'rib' by pulling too 
> hard.
> Ken O'BUOY #219
> 
> --- On Sun, 5/3/09, mike gutshall  wrote:
> 
> From: mike gutshall 
> Subject: [C320-list] Question on Sliding Comanionway Hatch
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Date: Sunday, May 3, 2009, 2:01 PM
> 
> Has anyone replaced their companionway sliding hatch?  I have hull #401 and
> it's smoked plexiglass slider has failed and needs replaced.  I worked with
> Catalina for a replacement.  Catalina confirmed that they had the mold and made
> one for me. (new style made of fiberglass with installed window)  The problem is
> that they molded a protruding rib on the entire perimeter of the underside of
> the slider and this rib catches on the support track that the hatch rest and
> slides on. (my support track is not continuous, it catches on the aft track as
> you pull it back from the complete open position)  Or as you initially push the
> hatch forward as you are installing it from the cockpit, the sliding hatch drops
> and locks into the closed position and then does not allow the hatch to be
> pushed forward into the open position.  Either way, the under side rib is
> causing the hatch to "drop and lock" in the closed position.   
>