I have these on both cockpit locker lids:

https://www.amazon.com/Moonlite-Marine-Medium-Hatch-Holder/dp/B008Y2H5TU

They are great for keeping the lid propped open.  The downside is you need
to train your crew to pull on them to close the lid.  If a crew tries to
force the lid closed without pulling the spring, it will distort the spring
and you have to buy a new one.

Also have one on the navstation lid.

I have replaced the hinges with new ones and overbored and filled all the
holes.

Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA

On Fri, Jan 4, 2019 at 10:45 AM Don Kern via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
wrote:

> Dennis
>
> To avoid being trapped we have attached a length of shockcord to the back
> side of the latch so it hangs down into the locker.  It is a straight
> section going to a loop.  The straight section's end has a small diameter
> copper pipe that has been crimped flat (using a vice in my workshop) then
> having holes drilled so matches the cover's latch holes.  The other end
> forms a loop by crimping.  That loop is just long enough to go over the
> main winch and keep the seat/cover open.
>
> My biggest problem has been with the three hinges in that they have
> cracked/broken.  It seems that the back edge of the seat/cover was not
> sealed and and the core compressed allowing shear across the face of the
> hinge.  All have been replaced which is a two man job, one inside with a
> nut driver trying to not loose the nuts/washers to the bilge god and the
> other topside doing the screwing.
> Don Kern
> Fireball 35-2, 12708
> Bristol, RI
>
>
>
>
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