hatch latch

[afterpegassus]

I've been looking for a means of securing both hatch and washboard and operable from both inside and out. From my searching, I've come across the Seasure at £66 which looks a bit flimsy and the Osprey Hatch Latch which looks very well made but at an eyewatering £120 (+£10p&p).
Are there any others available that forumites might know of at a more earthly price level?

 

[sarabande]

I recall several DIY versions in Everitt's notebook pages in PBO. Some of them were very smart and effective.

 

[PhillM]

I went with the osprey, it really is very good. A bit expensive but well engineered.

 

[MoodySabre]

I have a used Seasure one that I failed to sell on here. £20 posted. Flimsy not.

http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?318809-Seasure-Hatch-Lock-washboard-retainer&highlight=

 

[Fourbees]

I've got a Hatch Latch and it's a great piece of kit - recommended. Very solid, positive action.

 

[pvb]

If people want to break in, they will, and the more difficult you make it the more mess they'll create. As for securing it from the inside, simple bolts work fine.

 

[rotrax]

If people want to break in, they will, and the more difficult you make it the more mess they'll create. As for securing it from the inside, simple bolts work fine.

A major advantage of the hatchlatch is that it can be secured from inside, but in a rescue situation can be opened from outside. RORC approved for that very reason.

We have one, with a Zone SS close shackle padlock that requires the key to lock it-cant lock the key inside-and in my view the whole kit is well worth the money.

Our washboads are interlocking 1 inch teak boards. The hatch is very substantial. It would need an angle grinder or an axe to get in. I hope potential thieves would take a look and choose an easier option.

 

[coopec]

This may have been covered previously but I saw in an article describing one person's solution to the problem and I thought it was cheap and effective. He had a spring-loaded SS barrel bolt mounted on the inside of the washboard so that the bolt located into a hole on the trunk cabin. To open it from the inside the bolt was moved against the spring tension.

He then had a light cord across to the other side of the washboard, then through a hole in the washboard into the cockpit (the end of the cord had a loop) To release the latch from the cockpit you pulled on the cord.

That is the way I'll be doing it.

 

[coopec]

This is the article I was looking for.

Companionway Integrity In A Storm

http://www.morganscloud.com/2013/06/01/a-clever-companionway-latch/


I am rather taken with the idea but do others see problems?

 

[charles_reed]

If people want to break in, they will, and the more difficult you make it the more mess they'll create. As for securing it from the inside, simple bolts work fine.

Agreed - I've also got a siren/strobe, worked when anyone unauthorised opens the mainhatch - proximity switch, on-off switch and siren cost about £16 - the strobe was part of the spares kit for a narrow aisle truck which entirely by luck was a 12v unit. Bolts + twin barrel locks work just fine.
The two washboards have retaining cords, in line with ORC rules, with spring clips onto internal staples so they cannot be washed overboard.

 

[afterpegassus]

I'm not to bothered with the tea leaf kind of intrusion because I am aware that if any one is determined to get in they will. I am more concerned with keeping the accomodation secure in poor weather.