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Re: Strip: New build
By:Bryan Kapteyn
Date: 9/15/2011, 11:09 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: New build (ancient kayaker)

: Let me be the first to drool - I mean congratulate you! Good luck
: and great weather for the launch!

: I saved several of the push/push magnetic catches from a kitchen
: rebuild I did many years ago; now I'm wondering if they might
: solve the ever present problem of flush hatches vs easy hatch
: access . . .

I thought of that too, and still haven't totally solved it. I have used the cabinet magnetic hatches when I have done kitchens, but I doubt they would be strong enough to keep a hatch in place. I put a suction cup on a shock cord attached to a connector in the cockpit so I could reach all the hatches from one place, and that seems to work OK. I used 1/16" X1/2" magnets in the hatch with 1/8" X 1/2" in the lip, which holds pretty darn good.

Bryan K

Messages In This Thread

Strip: New build *PIC*
Bryan Kapteyn -- 9/14/2011, 4:41 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 9/14/2011, 5:15 pm
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Bryan Kapteyn -- 9/15/2011, 11:09 am
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StephenHJ -- 9/15/2011, 2:19 pm
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Eric M. -- 9/14/2011, 6:57 pm
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Nick Riccardi -- 9/14/2011, 7:06 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 9/14/2011, 9:46 pm
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Bryan Kapteyn -- 9/15/2011, 10:56 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 9/15/2011, 7:57 pm
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Bryan Kapteyn -- 9/16/2011, 8:50 am
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Donovan -- 9/15/2011, 9:26 pm
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Bryan Kapteyn -- 9/16/2011, 8:52 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/16/2011, 3:36 pm
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Bryan Kapteyn -- 9/20/2011, 8:35 am
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Kevin M -- 9/14/2011, 10:41 pm
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Glen Smith -- 9/14/2011, 10:44 pm
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Bryan Kapteyn -- 9/15/2011, 11:20 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 9/16/2011, 2:54 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 9/17/2011, 5:46 pm
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Bryan Kapteyn -- 9/19/2011, 7:56 am