I was working on a Catalina a few years back (see, I managed a tie-in with the earlier thread about Catalinas…) that had the same issue with the nav station desktop. I installed one of these after getting my hand smacked a few times:
http://www.rockler.com/adjustable-lid-support It holds the lid open, and when you go to close it, it slowly lowers the top. Nice. Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( On Oct 31, 2013, at 1:19 PM, Dennis C. <capt...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I've had Touche' for 14 years. I've been fighting the navstation top for 14 > years. Early on I cut it in half because the outboard edge hit the > headliner. When I need something, I lift the top, hold it up with my head, > dig around, find what I need and close it. > > I was working on a Jenneau 37 the other day and lifted the navstation top. > Voila! It had a spring holder to keep it open. Duh! Why hadn't I thought > of that for Touche'? I've used them to hold the cockpit lockers open for > several years. > > Poof! Done! Spring holder on the inboard half. Thinking about one for the > outboard half now. > > Amazing how you think you've thought about everything you could do to a boat > and then some blatantly obvious thing pops up. > > Dennis C. > Touche' 35-1 #83 > Mandeville, LA > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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