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Jeff
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Initially Posted - 02/10/2002 :  22:18:08  Show Profile
We're looking forward to another season of cruising and so are busy putting the boat into shape. The wife wants to add a companionway lock so we can lock ourselves in. She's ok sleeping on the boat unlocked when I'm there, but gets scared when she's on
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Ken Cave
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Response Posted - 02/10/2002 :  23:28:08  Show Profile
Lock yourself in?!!?? There are TOO many things that could go wrong and you just might have to get out in a hurry!!

A: At anchor-and you find you are dragging toward another boat or-ROCKS!!

B: A storm comes out of nowhere-and you have to get topsid
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Douglas
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Response Posted - 02/11/2002 :  00:10:15  Show Profile  Visit Douglas's Homepage
It might be a better idea to install an intrution alarm. I have a friend who has one rigged. Its the same as the personal alarm you can carry when joging. It has a lanyard with a pin that when pulled sets of a loud siren. He mounted it inside so if the ha
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Rick Heaverly 86 C25 5382
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Response Posted - 02/11/2002 :  06:50:34  Show Profile
why not just pad lock the exterior of the companionway just as you do when leaving the boat un-attended and exit-enter through the forward hatch!

Rick Heaverly
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Jeff
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Response Posted - 02/11/2002 :  09:57:42  Show Profile
Yeah, I agree with you about having to be able to get out quickly.

In an emergency my wife could get through the forward hatch. But it's not the sort of thing she wants to do everyday. But I'm sure the grandkids would be entertained.

Remember wha
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jm
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Response Posted - 02/11/2002 :  13:36:09  Show Profile
Keep a loaded flare gun on the night table ?
Lengthen the rope attached to the Rottweiler's collar ?
Move to Wisconsin ?

Seriously though, I've seen a setup that ran a round steel bar through three eyebolts - 1 screwed into each individual h
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Ed Montague
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Response Posted - 02/11/2002 :  17:34:59  Show Profile
JM, You discribed it very well. I think this could be quickly removed for rapid exiting. However, I think I prefer the alarm over the locks. The old adage "A lock only keeps honest people out" is true and I believe the noise maker would get more attent
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Bristle
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Response Posted - 02/11/2002 :  18:38:49  Show Profile
...or how 'bout a sign on the hatchboard that says "Come on in, Osama, and see what happens!"

Dave Bristle, 1985 C-25 SR-FK #5032 "Passage" in CT
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Doug
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Response Posted - 02/11/2002 :  20:49:36  Show Profile
Put a hasp on the inside just like the one that's outside, but never put a lock on it. Just attach a foot or two of brightly colored material to a nail/pin that she can slide through the clasp. That way the hatch is locked from the inside, but can be unlo
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Response Posted - 02/13/2002 :  12:14:11  Show Profile
Sometimes you can't help locking yourself in. Last season I was walking through the boat yard and I heard some muffled yelling and banging. On further investigation, I found a yard worker had wedged himself in the workings of motor boats engine well and
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Ray Seitz
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Response Posted - 02/13/2002 :  12:35:17  Show Profile
<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> Put a hasp on the inside just like the one that's outside, but never put a lock on it. Just attach a foot or two of brightly colored material
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Bristle
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Response Posted - 02/13/2002 :  16:30:46  Show Profile
<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>
Sometimes you can't help locking yourself in. Last season I was walking through the boat yard and I heard some muffled yelling and banging.
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andy p
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Response Posted - 02/13/2002 :  23:42:52  Show Profile
Another story I've heard along these lines had a single handed sailor go forward to use the head. While in that tiny space the boat heaved over onto the opposite tack, slamming the door shut and locking it very securely with a loose cabinet drawer that s
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