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Initially Posted - 07/13/2004 :  13:10:22  Show Profile
Any suggestions out there on resolving or dealing with the problem of the aft port locker lid rubbing on the rear stay when you open the lid more than 1/2 way??
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Brooke Willson
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Response Posted - 07/13/2004 :  13:19:58  Show Profile
Brad, in fact that can be useful: when I am refueling, I hook the corner of the lid on the stay to keep it open.

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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 07/14/2004 :  00:25:16  Show Profile
What year is your boat? My split backstay doesn't come anywhere near the hatch lid. Perhaps in compensation the hatch lid loves to trap the outboard fuel line... or the traveller line.
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Gloss
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Response Posted - 07/14/2004 :  06:42:00  Show Profile
If I have to open my fuel locker lid I let out the adjustable split backstay some. I do have the retrofit Catalina Direct split backstay kit.
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Kirk McKay
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Response Posted - 07/14/2004 :  09:14:53  Show Profile
<font face="Arial">I agree with Brooke, it's a great way to keep the lid from falling on your head, hand, foot....</font id="Arial">
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 07/14/2004 :  11:47:38  Show Profile
As with Clam, my lid does not touch the split backstay.
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oldsalt
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Response Posted - 07/14/2004 :  21:40:10  Show Profile
Nor does mine, a 1983 factory installed split backstay.
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lcharlot
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Response Posted - 07/14/2004 :  22:49:46  Show Profile
The interference of the gas locker lid with the backstay I think is only an issue on Mk. III and IV boats. My locker hits the backstay at about the half-raised point, and I don't have the split adjuster, just the single original backstay. But as others have said, it does help that the backstay will hold the lid open if you hook the lip on the bottom around the wire.
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