[Rhodes22-list] Need to replace Hatch

[JbTek]

I have 1 of those rolling aroud under my seat. Now I know what its for.
Jb
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael D. Weisner" <mweisner at ebsmed.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Need to replace Hatch


> Rob,
>
> It was Stanley standard equipment back in 1981.  The leg is aluminum with
a
> rubber stopper foot and the top fits into a wooden circular retainer in
the
> underside of the table (originally the outside top of the hatch door.)
>
> Mike
> s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
> Nissequogue River, NY
>
> From: "Lowe, Rob" Wednesday, February 25, 2009 8:37 AM
> > Mike,
> > Tell me a bit more about this table leg if you will.  Something you
> > rigged up yourself? - rob
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> > [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Michael D.
> > Weisner
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 10:22 PM
> > To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Need to replace Hatch
> >
> > Greg,
> >
> > Welcome to the R22 list and congratulations on your new project.
> > Hopefully
> > you will find some time to actually sail her.
> >
> > Most of us have replaced our plywood hatches at least once.  I am on my
> > third wooden one on my '81.  After replacing the teak veneer plywood
> > version
> > twice with the same, I found that one could do a better job with birch
> > veneer, stained and finished with spar varnish.  The varnish stands up
> > to
> > the weather much better than the teak veneer ever did.  I also have a
> > version made of white 1/2 inch "starboard", a fairly expensive nearly
> > indestructible composite material that doesn't look as nice as the
> > stained
> > wood, in my opinion.
> >
> > The hinge not only kept the two pieces together in storage but also
> > permitted the hatch to be folded at an angle (almost 90 degrees) so that
> > the
> > upper portion was supported by a leg to the cockpit floor, to function
> > as a
> > serving table from the galley.  If you do not desire this, there is no
> > reason why it couldn't be two pieces.
> >
> > Mike
> > s/v Shanghaid'd Summer ('81)
> >       Nissequogue River, NY
> >
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