Princess Door Locks

[hlb]

We had a thread a few months ago about how it's possible to lock your self out of a Princess and maybe Fairline, commonly fitted with the same door lock. we also discovered last week that you can lock your self in as well.
Leave the key in the door on the outside and get Long John Silver to lock the door from the inside. And thats you buggered and cant get out, till Tutt's climbes through the window and opens door from outside. In the mean time, feel a bit of a pilock, sailing round Plymouth Sound in the dark and cant put fenders and ropes on to tie up.

Haydn

 

[longjohnsilver]

Interesting........

Yes must admit didn't see that one coming, any ideas why/how it happened?

Good job Tuts could get out of the window, as good as your boat is didn't really want to spend the rest of my days stuck on board out at sea!

 

[hlb]

Re: Interesting........

Dont know John, but we had the discusion a few months ago, about. If you leave the lock in certain positions, then shut the door. You get locked out. We had to find a small person playing hooky from school, to climb through port hole. Luckily left open. Now find same lock can lock you in as well.
Your good company John, but I dont like you that much!!

Haydn

 

[martin]

Re: Interesting........

We always lock ourselves in on our princess at night. A bit daft from a the escape quickly point of view but with ankle bitters on board we thought it was best. It confuses the hell out of other boats moored next to us when every morning I have to climb, in all my glory, out of the overhead window, then clamber round to the cockpit, then unlock the door and disapear below again. Havn't come up with a better plan yet though!

 

[Guest]

Had Fairline Corniche, on passage Weymouth to Torquay, went down for a p---ss ended up climbing through saloon window, secret is to leave the keys on the outside.
Paul js.