Companionway hatch slider

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Mar 21, 2004
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Hunter 356 Cobb Island, MD
Since it is raining buckets every four hours, I decided to stay at port and try to figure out why the slider does not slide. The slider sticks about half way back which my wife finds a real pain in the ???. I found that the teak strip on the top side is rubbing the fiberglass part of the companionway. When I removed the teak piece it was coated with glass dust and scratched from rubbing the fiberclass underside. I could also see teak coloring on the fiberglass from the rubbing. Once I took the teak stopper off the glass part slid very easily. The fiberglass part of the companionway appears to be sagging and does not have the strength to hold shape. I tried sanding down the teak piece but can only go down so far. I'll give Hunter a call this week to see what they have to say about this. Jim S/V Java
 
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Rick Webb

Check the Bumpers

If the bumpers on the hatch are flattend out of shape it does not give the slider as much room to slide. All of mine are flattened and I have been meaning to get new ones but keep forgeting.
 
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Dennis Brewer

See previous article from 5/12

I addressed this exact problem in an article called 'Sliding Hatch Fix' on 5/12. You might have missed it because it was labeled for an H26, but I believe the system is the same for all the Hunter water ballast series.
 
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