[C320-list] Glide tape - SECOND REQUEST

[mike gutshall]

FYI, removing the sliding hatch is very easy.  You simply need to remove the "turtle top" that sits over the sliding hatch.  When you re-install the turtle top you need to use sealant on the screws that fastens the turtle top to the deck.  

mike 
#401
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jack McDonough<mailto:mcdonough5 at verizon.net> 
  To: C320-List at Catalina320.com<mailto:C320-List at Catalina320.com> 
  Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 5:29 PM
  Subject: Re: [C320-list] Glide tape - SECOND REQUEST


  Mike, Karl and Irv:

  Thank you. I would rather not mess with the tape, either, but it came loose 
  at the cockpit end a few years ago and we keep taping it down. Not a good 
  solution and it doesn't look great. I guess, then, that I could simply 
  replace it as far back as I can without removing the slider, which, to me, 
  seems impossible.

  And, Mike, if you replaced it without removing the hatch slider, were you 
  able to get to the very end?

  jack
  #947



  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Mike Paris" <mparis495 at gmail.com<mailto:mparis495 at gmail.com>>
  To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com<mailto:C320-List at Catalina320.com>>
  Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 1:43 PM
  Subject: Re: [C320-list] Glide tape - SECOND REQUEST


  >I replaced mine without removing the hatch
  >
  > Sent from my iPhone
  >
  > On Sep 27, 2009, at 1:33 PM, "Karl Mielenhausen _/)" <c320 at suddenlink.net<mailto:c320 at suddenlink.net>
  > > wrote:
  >
  >> Jack,
  >>
  >> I have not done this (yet) as I have no interest in breaking and 
  >> replacing a perfectly good seal until I have to (or it isn't),  Therefore 
  >> I have used Irv's technique in repacing my tape.
  >> If you do chose to remove the hatch cover however, I suggest you  attach 
  >> the tape to the slider instead of the rails. That way it is  less subject 
  >> to damage as you climb up and down the companionway.
  >>
  >> Regards,
  >> Karl
  >>
  >>
  >> On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:43:32 -0400, Jack McDonough 
  >> <mcdonough5 at verizon.net<mailto:mcdonough5 at verizon.net>
  >> > wrote:
  >>
  >>> Having received no responses from my first query, I'm trying again. 
  >>> Here's the question:
  >>>
  >>> The existing glide tape on the main hatch slider extends forward,  under 
  >>> slider. Is
  >>> there some way to remove the slider to gain access to end of the 
  >>>  tape -- so
  >>> that the existing tape can be removed and the new tape installed?
  >>>
  >>> I saw several responses regarding places to buy the tape. Hasn't  anyone 
  >>> actually replaced it?
  >>>
  >>> Jack
  >>> #947
  >>>
  >>
  >>
  >>
  >> -- 
  >> Karl Mielenhausen
  >> Catalina 320 Hull 690
  >> New Bern, NC