Jenn Oese
Breckenridge, CO
Boat Name: Summer's Edge
Model/Year: 1974
Hull No.
Hailing Port: Frisco, CO |
 04/19/2006 10:55 AM Pacific Time
Anyone have any ideas to stop the screetch that happens when I slide the companionway hatch open and closed? Last summer I tried SailKote - which made a slight difference - but not much of one.
Thanks in advance! |
Bob Conway
Huber Heights, Ohio
Boat Name: Spindrift
Model/Year: C22/1979
Hull No. #8717
Hailing Port: Buck Creek, Ohio |
04/19/2006 11:42 AM Pacific Time
Jenn,
I think that the screech happens because the groves that the hatch cover slides in wear and then the hatch cover rides lower, or closer to the cabin top. This causes the front of the cover to contact the top of the cabin and screech. You can remove, then rebed the hatch cover slides with some kind of a gasket to raise them a bit which compensates for the wear. A better solution, if you are handy, is to actually fill the grooves with epoxy and recut them with a table saw to raise the groove a bit. I'm not so handy. I put a rubber gasket under the slides and it helped reduce the screech significantly. It will return in time. You could buy new slides, but that is more expensive and definitely not as much fun. ;-)
Bob |
Bob Conway
Huber Heights, Ohio
Boat Name: Spindrift
Model/Year: C22/1979
Hull No. #8717
Hailing Port: Buck Creek, Ohio |
04/19/2006 11:48 AM Pacific Time
Another thought.
My comment was based on the assumption that the hatch cover flanges are in good shape. If they are worn, they may be flexing and allowing the hatch to ride lower with the same results. I used a fiberglass repair kit and reenforced the flanges on mine which helped also.
Bob |
Paul Taylor
Myrtle Point, OR
Boat Name: Respite
Model/Year: C-22 1976
Hull No. 5431
Hailing Port: Coos Bay, OR |
04/20/2006 8:56 AM Pacific Time
Take the hatch wood off and then put a 1/8 or 1/4 in cork gasket under it. You can get this from any automotive store. This will raise your hatch sufficiantly to stop the screaching. |
Marty Clarke
Austin, Texas
Boat Name: Stone Whale
Model/Year: 1982 C-25
Hull No. 3253
Hailing Port: Yacht Harbor, Lake Travis |
05/23/2006 11:04 AM Pacific Time
Jenn,
A freind, on his C-25, used plasit furniture sliders. The kind that go under the chair legs to make furniture slide on teh carpet. Picked em up at Home Depot. They are about an inch round and rest on the front lower corner of the hatch cover. The cover slides on these and the noise is gone, the cover moves more easily. I just picked some up at lunch today for about $2.00 for my boat.
Marty |
Uwe Behrendt
Rutland Vermont
Boat Name: Joyful
Model/Year: 1977 C22
Hull No. 7200
Hailing Port: Plunder Bay Orwell VT |
05/24/2006 3:06 AM Pacific Time
Here is how I fixed my cover
http://www.askbj.com/users/joyful/
Uwe |
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05/24/2006 7:49 AM Pacific Time
Here's how I fixed mine:
http://catalina22fleet20.home.comcast.net/news/rpts/200605/200605.htm#Sliding_Hatch |
Paul David
Melbourne Australia
Boat Name: Reflections
Model/Year: 1986
Hull No. 13369
Hailing Port: Melbourne Australia |
05/24/2006 4:31 PM Pacific Time
Dale - Just saw that too. I'm hooked on your newsletter! I don't know that any other fleet does as good a job, and you guys seem to be having a lot of fun. Makes me want to move to Portland just to join in.
Paul |
Nancy Varvil
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Boat Name: Cha-Ching
Model/Year: 1981
Hull No. 10448
Hailing Port: Beaver Lake, Arkansas |
05/24/2006 5:50 PM Pacific Time
You can also sand away the front edge of the hatch cover where it drags - the part across the front that turns down. I added fiberglass and then drilled out the groves to the sides of the cover but later learned that just sanding down the parts that dragged and screeched did the trick. |
Paul David
Melbourne Australia
Boat Name: Reflections
Model/Year: 1986
Hull No. 13369
Hailing Port: Melbourne Australia |
05/24/2006 6:40 PM Pacific Time
Dale - Just saw that too. I'm hooked on your newsletter! I don't know that any other fleet does as good a job, and you guys seem to be having a lot of fun. Makes me want to move to Portland just to join in.
Paul |
