My Typhoon (hull #709, 1974), is out of the water for this season for some long overdue repairs. Not wanting to miss a whole year I purchased a second Typhoon (hull #1700, 1980) and found one significant change. The hatches on the lockers were significantly modified sometime between those dates. All of us with the early design have been exchanging posts about how to seal them as they are a significant point of water entry. Others who may have wondered why the issue came up could have had the new design that continues over the edge of the seat and has locking latches on the vertical face of the seats. (May also explain why some were questioning how to lock the hatches and others were wondering why not just use the hasps?)
The only other change seems to be the switch from the Gibb winches to the #6 Lewmar winches.
Just fyi...
Serge
serge@srtrop.com
Typhoon cockpit locker hatches
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M. R. Bober
Two Typhoons--HOARDING!!!
What a great way to get spare parts!!Serge Zimberoff wrote: My Typhoon (hull #709, 1974), is out of the water for this season for some long overdue repairs. Not wanting to miss a whole year I purchased a second Typhoon (hull #1700, 1980) and found one significant change. The hatches on the lockers were significantly modified sometime between those dates. All of us with the early design have been exchanging posts about how to seal them as they are a significant point of water entry. Others who may have wondered why the issue came up could have had the new design that continues over the edge of the seat and has locking latches on the vertical face of the seats. (May also explain why some were questioning how to lock the hatches and others were wondering why not just use the hasps?)
The only other change seems to be the switch from the Gibb winches to the #6 Lewmar winches.
Just fyi...
Serge
thebobers@erols.com
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Serge Zimberoff
Hoarding...never!
Once the older hull has all it's spongy cockpit sole repaired and other leaks topside are found and fixed it's going up to Seattle so I can have it by the grandkids to take them sailing on Lake Washington. (By then they will probably be old enough to crew.)
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