Gas Strut on Chart Table Lid

Yes I have. Dimensions and weight probably about the same. I have to restrain it a bit on the way up but the fact that it stays open is a big advantage... I can rummage with two hands. I also put one of those Lidl LED battery 'striplights' in - it's proximity activated so comes on with a wave of the hand, then goes off on its own.
 
concentrik said:
I have to restrain it a bit on the way up but the fact that it stays open is a big advantage... I can rummage with two hands.
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One of those buckling-spring props would hold it open just as well, without delivering an uppercut to the chin on the way up :)

Pete
 
We have a bit of string secured under the lid, with a hook made from a strip shackle which goes on the gutter at the window above the chart table and holds the lid open. Works perfectly, cost about £1. Incidentally i once took a nasty bash on the head from one with a buckling spring prop. Inadvertently bashed it with something and the lid fell on my head.
 
I used 150N units on my cockpit hatches. Thought they might corrode quickly or fall to bits but they work perfectly and have been fantastic.
 
nigelmercier said:
I'm thinking of fitting a Gas Strut to my Chart Table Lid; .

Has anyone done the same?
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No. But I will now! Great idea.
My Gibsea has got the fridge under the chart table so I need to lift the chart table surface and then the chart table base/tray, which is also hinged. I then need to rummage around in the dark, upside down, for that last can of beer that doesn't exist - being careful not to nudge the buckling spring and guillotine myself.
Thanks to your link, I should have less dents in my pate next season.
The motion activated LED battery striplight is also a great idea if I can find one.
Thanks!
 
Would these things work / last in the cockpit to support the cockpit seat locker lids? I an paranoid about having someone hold the seat while I (or a crew member) stick my head into a locker underway as they#re very heavy and would give someone an almighty wallop on the head if they fell closed unexpectedly.
 
Sea_Spray said:
Would these things work / last in the cockpit to support the cockpit seat locker lids? I an paranoid about having someone hold the seat while I (or a crew member) stick my head into a locker underway as they#re very heavy and would give someone an almighty wallop on the head if they fell closed unexpectedly.
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We use the same string and hook arrangement for cockpit lockers as for chart table and fridge lid, although thicker string for cockpit lockers. Basically a piece of thin rope with plastic hook attached to the cockpit locker lid underneath which you hook onto the guardrail behind.
 
Sea_Spray said:
Would these things work / last in the cockpit to support the cockpit seat locker lids? I an paranoid about having someone hold the seat while I (or a crew member) stick my head into a locker underway as they#re very heavy and would give someone an almighty wallop on the head if they fell closed unexpectedly.
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Do you not have a lanyard to hook to the guardrail (or wherever)? Vital equipment on locker lids, I was trained from a young age never to open a cockpit locker without hooking the lid back.

My usual crew is a bit more lax about it, I'm always reminding him. Towards the end of last season he got a pretty solid crack on the back of the head, maybe he'll take more care now.

(I thought about installing a gas strut or two, but decided that the unobstructed opening was better when manhandling the dinghy in and out.)

Pete
 
prv said:
Do you not have a lanyard to hook to the guardrail (or wherever)? Vital equipment on locker lids, I was trained from a young age never to open a cockpit locker without hooking the lid back.

My usual crew is a bit more lax about it, I'm always reminding him. Towards the end of last season he got a pretty solid crack on the back of the head, maybe he'll take more care now.

(I thought about installing a gas strut or two, but decided that the unobstructed opening was better when manhandling the dinghy in and out.)

Pete
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Yes, there is a lanyard. But sometimes people (myself included) get a but lax about tying the lid to the guardrail. It occurred to me that a gas strut would be 'always' present. Good point about the opening becoming obstructed though.
 
Sea_Spray said:
Yes, there is a lanyard. But sometimes people (myself included) get a but lax about tying the lid to the guardrail.
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Minimal modification, then - replace the string with shockcord and put a hook on the end. Much quicker than hitching it on every time.

Pete
 
prv said:
Minimal modification, then - replace the string with shockcord and put a hook on the end. Much quicker than hitching it on every time.

Pete
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Amazing how much windage an open cockpit locker lid can exert.

It's also amazing how much blood comes out of a little scalp wound and how all of this ensanguinates one glasses where it immediately dries to an impermeable lacquer.
 
Hi Nigel

Let me know how you get on , I know where your coming from :) , have a similar boat to yourself and same prob , wont feed the trolls with make of boat :)
 
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