Dennis I have had that forever on my 35 MKII, wish you had asked about it sooner
On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Frederick G Street <f...@postaudio.net>wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > -- Dwight Veinot Alianna C&C 35 MKII Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS
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