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From: (no name) (no email)
Date: Thu Jul 03 2003 - 00:08:01 EDT
In a message dated 6/30/2003 7:32:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
writes:
> latches, hatch adjusters and dogs. Can you tell me what you have on your
> hatches and where you got 'em?
>
I got both the three-part hinges in bronze, and the chromed T-dogs from ABI.
ABI does not now sell to individuals, but through various retailers.
Some of their stuff is very, very good. Some is not worth buying. I got
stung buying their 12 V dimmers which all failed and all were taken out of their
catalog.
My anchor chain fit their windlass in their catalog specs, but their catalog
specs did not match their windlass' wildcat. I had to, at my own expense,
modify the supplied wildcat to fit my standard American 1/2" BBB chain.
But, like I said, much of their stuff is top notch.
As for the adjusters, the jury is still out. I never open my skylights
except for maintenance. I removed the hinges from the aft skylight, and never
installed the hinges on the saloon skylight. It is just easier to re-varnish that
way.
But I can tell you one thing, eventually someone will fall on a corner when
the skylight is open and if your adjuster only holds the middle of the edge the
wracking forces will be extreme and it is extremely likely that the skylight
window will be wrecked.
You must have skylight adjusters that support both corners of the lifted edge
so that WHEN, not if, someone falls, sits, puts his arm out on, etc., it the
hatch will survive. It is an easy bet that this stress will come at the most
inopportune time, like during a black squall.
Norm
S/V Bandersnatch
Lying Oyster Bay NY
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