Repairs

This morning I had unexpected success in the repair of the chain locker lid and latch. The heavy rolling during those gales on our trip to San Diego resulted in the lid being forced open with a resultant loose strip of teak on the latch edge of the lid and the brass fitting into which the latch tongue fitted being ripped out of the teak.

This morning I thru-bolted the loose strip of wood and drilled two holes at the top of the brass fitting so that it is thru-bolted through a thick layer of material. I replaced the two screws that had been ripped out with longer ones to give the fitting more stability.

The result is, I think, stronger than the original.

The second photo shows the result or the repair effort.

The blue rope passes through shackles at the toe rails and firmly holds the lid in place in case of heavy rolling or worse.

The other photos shows the dismantled 50-lb Swarbrick fisherman's anchor and rode of 12 meters of chain and 80 meters of white rope.