Re: hatch modifications

Bill Blohm (bblohm@boi.hp.com)
Thu, 04 Feb 1999 14:32:22 -0700

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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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An easier one: I can't claim credit for this one, it came with
my P-19. Take some cloth screen, cut it an inch or two larger
than the hatch. Get some chain and duct tape the chain to the
edges of the screen. When you lay the screen over the forward
hatch, the chain holds it down quite nicely. The same thing
works just fine over the companionway hatch, the chain lies
over the sliding part, down the sides, and hangs below the
opening. Used it last summer, and it worked great. Plus, it was
a simple matter to move in and out of the cabin through both
hatches, just lift the screen aside and put it back. Additionally,
the whole thing bundles up into a very compact package, easy to
store. One modification I intend to make is to sew the chain to
the screen, cutting new screen wider and longer enough to wrap
back over the chain and sew down. Maybe use a piece of cloth
to hold the chain and provide better sewing purchase than just
the screen would.

Bill B.
P-19 #454, "Dream Catcher"
Nampa, ID

> Make a new hatch with 3/8 plywood, cut a big square hole in the center of
> upper part and glue on a skeeter screen. Paint hatcht color of screen and
> when its closed it looks like a solid hatch. It also keeps skeeters away.
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> For small hatch... You can cut a square piece of screen about 2 inches larger
> than hatch and glue a strip of Velcro to edges. The other part of Velcro can
> be glued to area around small hatch. stick on rip off (carefully) screening.
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> bEst
> SF
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> In a message dated 1/30/99 9:20:46 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> panstett2@yahoo.com writes:
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> << Subj: hatch modifications
> Date: 1/30/99 9:20:46 PM Eastern Standard Time
> From: panstett2@yahoo.com (Paul Anstett)
> To: wwpotter@tscnet.com (Potter Mail List WWP)
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> What modifications have any of you made for mosquitoes? I'm referring
> to the cabin and front hatches. Something that will allow a breeze in
> the cabin. In northern Minnesota, these bugs are a horrible problem.
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> Paul Anstett, Fargo >>