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Re: hatch latches
Hi,
Kittredge's hatches have four loops at equal distance around the inner
rim. Between these loops and the inside of the conning tower are slotted
brackets. Into the slotted brackets go bolts that look a lot like eye
bolts the were opened up to create a hook. The hook hooks into the loops on
the hatch and a large thumb nut is tightened down pulling the hatch closed.
You can see the loops on the web site under:
Sources -> Kittredge -> photos -> K-600 -> Hatch
I the same picture near the front of the hatch (more near top edge in picture)
there is a handle thing. That was to rotate a sonar transducer. It is not
part of the hatch closure. I didn't get any pictures of the hold down bolts.
Regards,
Ray
> Albert Long wrote:
> >
> > HELLO STEVE,
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > IF YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS, SORRY....I TRIED!!!
> >
> > STEVE McColman wrote:
> >
> > > 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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>
> I was on a sub in Hawaii this year, and Took a picture of their hatch..
> the mechanism is very simple for holding it down.. I am not sure what
> the vindicator uses, but you could not get any simpler than this sub..
> it was the Voyager 11.. I will scan the picture that I have of it, and
> e-mail it in...(it will probably be a couple of days, as my scanner is
> at work)
>
> Bill