Mast gate, ice box cover, and winch handles

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Jack

I love our new 320 but it comes with several puzzling bugs. First, the mast gate is difficult to adjust. If it's closed too far, it won't allow the sail tabs to slide up or down past it. If open too wide, some tabs pop out. Second, there is no way to secure the hinged lid on the ice box in the open position. We have been conked on the head several times when it fell suddenly. I have a couple of ideas but would like to hear what others may have done. (Why didn't Catalina address this issue in the first place?) And, finally, the winch handle supplied with the boat is 12 inches, too long to clear the dodger when using the cabintop winches. The solution was to buy a 10-inch handle, which works fine. Too late, though. The dodger window already has a permanent scratch in it. (See above: Why didn't Catalina . . .) Any solutions, thoughts, comments?
 
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Dave Slepoy

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MY cATALINA 28 COOLER CAME WITH A SMALL CABLE WITH A BRASS CLIP AND THAT ATTACHES TO A SMALL PAD EYE ABOVE THE COOLER LID IN THE UP POSITION.DAVE
 
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