Chart table lid securing.

[bumblefish]

I had a little rough passage recently and I found that my chart table needs to have a secure fixing for the top. Any suggestions as to how to securely fasten the top down?

 

[Poignard]

I had a little rough passage recently and I found that my chart table needs to have a secure fixing for the top. Any suggestions as to how to securely fasten the top down?

Pictures would help

 

[Clash]

I had a little rough passage recently and I found that my chart table needs to have a secure fixing for the top. Any suggestions as to how to securely fasten the top down?

Nails. Big hammer. Job done.

 

[Buck Turgidson]

Couple of neodiddlydum magnets glued into the rim.

 

[PabloPicasso]

Couple of neodiddlydum magnets glued into the rim.

... And then your compas will always point north.

 

[S04]

... And then your compas will always point north.

Errrr, isn't that what it's supposed to do?

 

[dunedin]

Velcro straps?

 

[johnalison]

Take a reef.

 

[billyfish]

What's a nav table

 

[Boathook]

What's a nav table

Somewhere to store useful items and place a mug of tea. Other drinks and their containers are available !

 

[KompetentKrew]

That must've been a hella rough passage. Was this from Darwin to Johannesburg?

 

[Stemar]

A spring stay?

I'd want something positive, and certainly wouldn't want any magnets strong enough to hold a nav table top when falling off a wave on my boat.

 

[Boathook]

Roller catches.
https://www.diy.com/departments/rol...p.ds&msclkid=a46ff904bcbb170f267891b0ba98f17e

Without a picture of chart table and lid, we are all guessing as to what is suitable.

 

[KevinV]

I had a little rough passage recently and I found that my chart table needs to have a secure fixing for the top.

It feels like there's a lovely bit of understatement in that sentence...

The only catch I've ever had was on the side - a chunky question mark shaped hook, with a brass retainer on the underside of the lid.

 

[bumblefish]

That must've been a hella rough passage. Was this from Darwin to Johannesburg?

Chichester to the IOW, should have reefed earlier.

 

[dansaskip]

and place a mug of tea.

Mugs of tea and other beverages are strictly not allowed on my chart table.

 

[PCUK]

Suitcase catch.

 

[Poignard]

My chart table was 1 metre square, made of 1/2" marine ply with a hardwood fiddle, hinged at the back.

I think if I had ever been in weather bad enough to cause that to lift, it would have been kept in place by the grab-bag on top of it

 

[ProDave]

I think if I had ever been in weather bad enough to cause that to lift, it would have been kept in place by the grab-bag on top of it

Except the grab bag would be elsewhere in the cabin by then.

I did have to rearrange the crockery storage after 2 plates went awol and one broke in "a bit of weather"

 

[Poignard]

If our house could be thrown on its side every now and then, we would soon get in the habit of putting things away!