hinges and hasps on Ty cockpit lockers

[Ed Armstrong]

One of the projects that I want to do on my Ty this winter is install some sort of keep-downs on my cockpit locker lids (right now, they just lift right off.) In the unlikely event of a knockdown, I don't want these popping open and filling the boat with water. Has anyone installed hinges and hasps on their lockers? What hinges and hasps did you select, and how did you install them?

Has anyone tried any other system to lock their lids? (Seems like one of those systems that use lock bars attached to a central pivoting lock might work -- like you find in some metal cabinets). If so, diagrams, part numbers, etc would be greatly appreciated.

TIA.

Ed



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[Ed Armstrong]

Okay, I should've done it first, before posting, but I searched the archives and found some information on this topic. Serge's line cleating methods seems the least obtrusive visually and in terms of adding projections in the cockpit. Any other ideas out there that haven't been discussed?

One of the projects that I want to do on my Ty this winter is install some sort of keep-downs on my cockpit locker lids (right now, they just lift right off.) In the unlikely event of a knockdown, I don't want these popping open and filling the boat with water. Has anyone installed hinges and hasps on their lockers? What hinges and hasps did you select, and how did you install them?

Has anyone tried any other system to lock their lids? (Seems like one of those systems that use lock bars attached to a central pivoting lock might work -- like you find in some metal cabinets). If so, diagrams, part numbers, etc would be greatly appreciated.

TIA.

Ed

ed.armstrong@innercite.com

[Al Levesque]

...Any other ideas out there that haven't been discussed?...

I don't recall if I mentioned it when it was discussed before.
I cut a sheet of plywood somewhat larger than the opening. Placed the plywood inside the opening and screwed the hatch to the plywood. I then filled the seams with epoxy. Not very pretty but it doesn't show when the cushion is over it. I also have to go inside to retrieve whatever is stored there, but it's dry when I get it out.



albertlevesque@cove.com

[Jo Chamberlain]

The following is a repeat of an earlier post:


My husband & I have a Typhoon which we have sailed and raced for 15 years. The original owner had sealed the hatches and sailed the boat to the
Bahamas! We wanted the hatches functional but lockable so we unsealed them & my husband rigged a simple system. He put a stainless steel carriage
bolt through the center of each hatch lid. He fashioned strips of aprox 1" x 2" wood long enough to span the opening of the locker and ran the carriage
bolt through them. He attached light lines to both ends of the wood strips so they can be turned from the companionway. It works like an oldfashioned
latch string.



jchamber@crosslink.net

[John Hithccock]

One of the projects that I want to do on my Ty this winter is install some sort of keep-downs on my cockpit locker lids (right now, they just lift right off.) In the unlikely event of a knockdown, I don't want these popping open and filling the boat with water. Has anyone installed hinges and hasps on their lockers? What hinges and hasps did you select, and how did you install them?

Has anyone tried any other system to lock their lids? (Seems like one of those systems that use lock bars attached to a central pivoting lock might work -- like you find in some metal cabinets). If so, diagrams, part numbers, etc would be greatly appreciated.

TIA.

Ed

I used a brass piano hinge with small brass machine screws. I fastened them shut with a small box hasp that has a flat hook which swings into the u part of the hasp. For more serious sailing and weather I use the inside locking system that was with the lids, which was a line fastened to the inside of the locker threaded through a u shaped devise fiberglassed to the lid back to the side of the boat and then threaded into a jam cleat just inside of the cabin. When the line is pulled tight the lid is secure and can only be released from inside.



hitchcockj@earthlink.net

[Ed Armstrong]

It was nice to think about the boat and sailing for a short time, rather than the great tragedies of the week.

...Any other ideas out there that haven't been discussed?...

I don't recall if I mentioned it when it was discussed before.
I cut a sheet of plywood somewhat larger than the opening. Placed the plywood inside the opening and screwed the hatch to the plywood. I then filled the seams with epoxy. Not very pretty but it doesn't show when the cushion is over it. I also have to go inside to retrieve whatever is stored there, but it's dry when I get it out.

ed.armstrong@innercite.com