I'm looking for ideas on effective and simple methods of securing the cockpit locker hatches on my Typhoon Weekender. Any suggestions from those of you who have done this modification?
fredski@aol.com
Securing Cockpit Locker Hatches on Typhoon
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Al Levesque
Re: Securing Cockpit Locker Hatches on Typhoon
I placed pieces of plywood inside the openings to overlap the edges and screwed the hatches to the plywood. I used sealant in the grooves and with the screws. I had to nip off and file the ends of the screws to keep from getting caught on them when crawling in the spaces.Fred Holt wrote: I'm looking for ideas on effective and simple methods of securing the cockpit locker hatches on my Typhoon Weekender. Any suggestions from those of you who have done this modification?
Not elegant and storage has to go through the cabin but quite simple and effective. Hope this helps.
Al
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Serge Zimberoff
Re: Securing Cockpit Locker Hatches on Typhoon
Fred,
I had seen attempts at hasps and locks on other boats that looked terrible so I tried something quite different. First I mounted hinges inside and at the back of each hatch cover fastening through the fiberglass with round head machine screws. Then in each stowage section I mounted a small cheek block quite low in the locker against the inside (cockpit side) of the bulkhead as low as practical in the compartment. I also mounted a jam cleat at approximately the same height, just inside the cabin and just above the opening to that 'bunk' that runs back to the the storage hatch. I fastened a 1/8" line to a pad-eye on the underside of the hatch cover that I secured with round head machine screws that ran down through the hatch cover and the block that is faired into the underside of the hatch. (Note: All nuts used were self-locking nylock style).
I continued that line down to the cheek block and then back into the cabin. The jam cleat was positioned such that the line came under the nicely rounded edge of fiberglass and up to the jam cleat. With this arrangement I can exert quite a bit of pull in the 'up' direction when reaching around and in from the cockpit.
These lines secure the hatch quite well with the minor drawback that there is a line in the middle of the opening when you raise the hatch. This is acceptable, I think, for having the ease of securing the lids with only a quick pull on the lines inside the cabin.
serge@srtrop.com
I had seen attempts at hasps and locks on other boats that looked terrible so I tried something quite different. First I mounted hinges inside and at the back of each hatch cover fastening through the fiberglass with round head machine screws. Then in each stowage section I mounted a small cheek block quite low in the locker against the inside (cockpit side) of the bulkhead as low as practical in the compartment. I also mounted a jam cleat at approximately the same height, just inside the cabin and just above the opening to that 'bunk' that runs back to the the storage hatch. I fastened a 1/8" line to a pad-eye on the underside of the hatch cover that I secured with round head machine screws that ran down through the hatch cover and the block that is faired into the underside of the hatch. (Note: All nuts used were self-locking nylock style).
I continued that line down to the cheek block and then back into the cabin. The jam cleat was positioned such that the line came under the nicely rounded edge of fiberglass and up to the jam cleat. With this arrangement I can exert quite a bit of pull in the 'up' direction when reaching around and in from the cockpit.
These lines secure the hatch quite well with the minor drawback that there is a line in the middle of the opening when you raise the hatch. This is acceptable, I think, for having the ease of securing the lids with only a quick pull on the lines inside the cabin.
serge@srtrop.com