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Conference vicki::boats

Title:Powerboats
Notice:Introductions 2 /Classifieds 3 / '97 Ski Season 1267
Moderator:KWLITY::SUTER
Created:Thu May 12 1988
Last Modified:Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1275
Total number of notes:18109

1069.0. "Companionway Hatch Locks? How are they supposed to work?" by TOOK::SWIST (Jim Swist LKG2-2/T2 DTN 226-7102) Tue Jul 06 1993 16:29

    No topic on locks on boats, so here goes.
    
    My boat has these cylindrical locks on the companionway hatch in order
    to secure access to the cabin.  Neither one is working right.  You
    can rotate the cylinder (which turns a catch on the inside of the
    hatch) with or without the key in the latch.  On one of them if
    you jiggle and fiddle with it long enough, it will stay locked
    (with 50% probability of it being locked *open*, of course).
    
    Any ideas?  Should in fact the cylinder not rotate when the key is
    removed?   Are they broken or do they need lubrication?
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