[Rhodes22-list] Locking Hatch

[John Tonjes]

Lloyd,
That's pretty ingenious, but if it were on my boat, you can bet I would
crack my scull open on it. Perhaps some type of a soft or rubber cover when
the hatch is open?

Rummy


> [Original Message]
> From: <lcrowther at cox.net>
> To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Date: 5/15/2003 6:45:38 PM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Locking Hatch
>
> This is the first time trying to email pictures using Kodak Software. 
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>  are 4 pictures I took today of how the previous owner solved the hatch
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> king problem.  I'm sorry if the pictures are not in the order I describe
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> em and that I forgot to use the flash for the picture inside the boat
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> ng my camera read the light through the hatch opening.=0D
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> The first picture shows a slot he cut in the folding top of the
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> y door to take lock fitting.  You may be reluctant to cut a newer plastic
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> ersion!=0D
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> The second rotten picture shows the fitting that is bolted through the
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> e under the hatch cover.=0D
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> The third picture shows the hatch push back to detail the fitting on the
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> ace and the backing plate that holds it in place.=0D
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> The last picture shows the fitting through the slot shown in the first
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> ure with a padlock that holds everything together.=0D
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> Bear in mind UHURU II is an '84 version and may be nothing like the newer
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> odels.  This arrangement works well for me.=0D
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> Lloyd=0D
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