Re: hatch latches

[protek@shreve.net]

   One thing to think of is this;  you need a way that the hatch can be
opened from either inside or outside the sub for safety.  I have seen subs
with small windows in the hatch and also a mechanism that can be used to
open from either side.


G. Boucher


At 07:34 PM 10/11/98 -0700, you wrote:
>HELLO STEVE,
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>I HAVE A SPORTSMAN 300, MY HATCHES ARE HELD SHUT WITH VERY SIMPLE CLASPS
>THAT YOU COULD FIND SOMETHING SIMILAR AT A HARDWARE STORE!!!  I DON'T KNOW
>HOW PROFESSIONAL YOU WANT THE JOB TO BE, BUT SIMPLE LATCHES WILL WORK AS
>LONG AS THEY WILL KEEP THAT HATCH SEALED UNDER THE MAX "OVER AMBIENT"
>INTERIOR PRESSURE YOU'RE WILL ENCOUNTER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE. AS YOU
>PROBABLY KNOW, ONCE YOU SUBMERGE
>THE WATER PRESSURE WILL KEEP THEM SEALED TIGHT.
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>IF YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS, SORRY....I TRIED!!!
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>STEVE McColman wrote:
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>> I need some ideas on how to latch my hatch shut.  I know how the
>> Vindicator works, but I have a port hole in the top, so that wont work
>> for me!   Does anyone know how Kittredge latches his hatches?
>>
>>                                  Steve McColman, Vancouver Island
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