: Team
Hi folks,

Just for the record.
I never ever have refused to share the source of my brass hatch lids,or any other information. I must say that I am a bit peeved, that I am accused of such small minded ness.
I spend hours and answered hundreds of email inquiries regarding those brass fittings and other building related issues.I am proud to NOT ever hog information. To do so would be silly anyways, as we do live in the Information Age. The source is Phoenix Lock Company. I am not easily offended, but the writer of this post need to check his facts before posting nonsense and making acusations. You owe me an apology, I'd say. Cheers anyhow, Jurgen
: The idea for holding down hatches in rough conditions (or for me with my bad
: luck, just paddling along anywhere) has led me to use screw down fittings.
: The problem with that is that the fittings can be lost.

: Jurgen who has a biz building kayaks uses brass latches (but won't share the
: source of them) which seems to be a good idea. We're building a SG Night
: Heron and the hatch hold-downs are being considered. So looking around we
: found small s/s straight-loop catches at
: http://www.spdhardware.com/lc2.htm

: We're thinking to use 4 per hatch
: Catch: CAC201X
: Striker: CAS201X

: When we get back we'll install them and report on the effectivness. Dave
: ordered them a couple days ago.