[C320-list] Quieting cockpit vibrations

[Scott Thompson]

I would think that that stuff would be too thick. I assume you applied 
it to the lip of the opening rather than to the locker lid itself?

There are very few places where I have been disappointed with "fit and 
finish" issues on my Catalina. But those cockpit lockers are one. For 
example, on my boat the piano hinge on the large locker is not perfectly 
straight, and dives into the joint a little bit at one end, which has 
created issues in terms of fasteners working loose. Probably this is a 
contributing factor to the vibration, but I haven't figured out how to 
fix it. Would seem to require small assistants willing to work from 
inside the closed locker.

On 6/13/2013 11:57 AM, Karl Mielenhausen wrote:
> Strategic use of that split tube pipe insulation on the edge of the
> lazarettes.
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> On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 11:29 AM, Scott Thompson <surprise at thompson87.com>wrote:
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>> When I'm motoring Surprise the cockpit is very noisy. I can quiet things
>> down a lot by having guests, family or the dog sit on the port cockpit
>> locker and the two lazarrette lockers, which vibrate loudly when the engine
>> is running hard. But getting them to "stay" is difficult. What have others
>> done to quiet down those locker covers? It appears to be the covers
>> themselves, rather than the latches, that cause the loud vibrations
>> sympathetic with the engine, BTW.
>>
>> Scott Thompson
>> Surprise, #653 (1999)
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