Bill, I'm not sure I follow this one. Looks like a claw arrangement on one end of the hatch cover, with a pull-down internal line on the other end, closer to the cockpit? So that as you pull the one end down with the line, the claw pulls the other end tight?

> Don

> I'm no artist but here goes ,I don't know if this would work in your case
> but it works fine for me, accept I will probably put another latch
> arrangement on the other end of the hatch opening as well, connected
> together with some sort of pully arrangement so both ends get pulled down
> ,I have this on both my flush hatches and only had problems with the screw
> eyes pulling the strands of bungee out around the threads but 5 or 6 drops
> of crazy glue on the ends of the bungee wick up in between the strands and
> I haven't had this problem since, I have the other end of the line tied to
> a stainless hook that I just clip on to my cheek plate just below the
> cockpit rim ,nothing fancy but it sure pulls those covers down tight with
> very little force. I considered many configurations before I settled on
> this but didn't want to drill holes through my deck or covers ,those solid
> stainless car antennas are tough don't even try to bend them cold they
> bend nicely when heated with a propane torch . I glued some thin hardwood
> strips under the opening lip to act as sliding surface for the rod

> later Bill