CPD
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My hatch is secure and in reasonable condition and I have made up a spare set of weatherboards from 12mm marine ply. I have also worked out how I am going to protect my windows, and I thought my idea might be useful to others.
The frames, and windows on my centaur are held in place using interscrews (look like screw heads from both ends, but actually screw into each other). Remove the interscrews and replace with bolts, the heads on the inside, the thread coming through the frame and appearing outside the vessel, with maybe 20mm excess thread length (the original windows still in situ). Use nuts/washers to tighten up the frame in the original position. The storm board (covering both windows and pre-drilled) can then be attached very securely to the vessel on the excess 20mm thread, secured in place with washer/nut.
Sounds like a good idea, simple so cant be that bad, inexpensive, and if I can do it (not that I have yet !), then you should be able to also !.
Bolts//washers/nuts from http://www.seascrew.com./ or http://www.a2a4.co.uk/
There you go, thats my good deed for the day /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
The frames, and windows on my centaur are held in place using interscrews (look like screw heads from both ends, but actually screw into each other). Remove the interscrews and replace with bolts, the heads on the inside, the thread coming through the frame and appearing outside the vessel, with maybe 20mm excess thread length (the original windows still in situ). Use nuts/washers to tighten up the frame in the original position. The storm board (covering both windows and pre-drilled) can then be attached very securely to the vessel on the excess 20mm thread, secured in place with washer/nut.
Sounds like a good idea, simple so cant be that bad, inexpensive, and if I can do it (not that I have yet !), then you should be able to also !.
Bolts//washers/nuts from http://www.seascrew.com./ or http://www.a2a4.co.uk/
There you go, thats my good deed for the day /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif