: I was on Falls Lake (NC) two Sundays ago and met a lovely CLC Northbay. The
: builder had used fasteners called Dzus fasteners (used in airplanes and
: race
: cars) to hold his hatches on. They were two very small metal fasteners that
: held with a quarter turn. It made the deck extremely clean looking (no
: webbing!) and I am currently trying to find someone to sell some to me so
: I can retrofit my Chesapeake LT16.

: Has anyone has worked with these before? I didn't get the builder's name. I
: think he used the quarter turn Panex line with the ring.

I've used dzus fasteners in the USAF and now I see them quite a bit at Boeing. I can't think of any that would be waterproof (doesn't mean there aren't any that I'm not aware of).
http://www.dzus.com/

If you want a clean deck, why don't you check into the internal bungie "Leidy lid" as seen on Ross Leidy's web site.
http://ross.secant.com/kayak/buildingInfo/holddowns.htm