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I built a strip Petrel about nine yers ago, and I am in the process of refinishing it, using 4-5 coats of Epifanes Gloss. I used my own version of internal hold downs using carbon fiber hooks and padeyes that I made, and shock cord. I never had any kind of pull, having to use a lever to lift up the hatch enough for me to be able to open it. The only thought I have is drill-fill-drill to make an upside down "U", using small size double braid line. Any other ideas for something that would make it easier to open the hatches and keep a low profile?
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RE: Hatch finger pulls
I appreciate the idea, but the deck is stained figured Sapele wood strip, (not plywood), and routing in a finger groove would take it down to bare wood, and I really don't feel like doing a complete stripping to wood and redoing.I have no lines or shock cord on the deck, I like the clean lines of the Petrel. I am going down one size of shock cord for the hold down, what I have now is a bit over kill. Thanks
RE: Hatch finger pulls
» Submitted by hspira - Fri, 6/2/23 » 4:22 PM
Hi dave10990
read your post and if you had invisible hold downs, as an altenate to your proposal, you could use a shollow finger groove sanded into the deck immediately adjacent to the hatch, which gives you leverage to grab the edge of the deck and pull it up/off.
i am not sure how much down-pressure you need to fight against in your system....but its very sleek and not a lot of work. but it may be challenging if you really need to assert a lot of upward pressure.
h