While busy with other tasks, (including spending sun-up to sundown building a CRC rally car, with my
timeline challenged nephew, who clearly takes after me. hehe), I've been mulling over lazarette lid gas springs.
Due to the "wet" location, I'd be even more inclined to use stainless. The use of gas springs seems to have little advantage over a simpler locking support. A simple stainless locking support, would likely be cheaper, function perfectly, and last forever. The only advantages I can see for a gas spring in this application, are:
1) ability to close the lid with one hand.
2) mounted correctly
on the new design fuel locker lid, the spring would not only hold the lid open, but would pull it shut when past the point of maximum compression. Always latching them shut is mandatory IMO, but the gas spring would prevent it from flopping open easily if you lay the boat on it's side. assuming your fuel tank is strapped down, and you also forgot to latch it. (grasping at straws for this advantage I know)
Unlike the poptop,weight isn't a problem with the lids.
@$tingy Sailor 's
https://stingysailor.com/2016/03/05/lift-your-lazarette-lids-with-gas-springs/ has some definite food for thought.
Read his page, and let me know what you think.
And make sure you vote on his page if you would commit to ordering a pre-made lazarette gas spring kit from him.
Bungees are what I've been using, and they suck.
Thoughts ?
(of course, the bonus of inducing hardware envy in other C22 owners does have it's merits...
@Gene Neill )
I'm looking for a photo I saved, of the type of support I have in mind.
I'l post a photo when I find it
It's basically a flat stainless arm that slides together with a locking "pin"