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1972 Katama 16 Retaining Bow Locker Hatch

Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2019 8:08 pm
by hermit
[On my 1972 KATAMA 16 the boat came to me with the ] bow locker hatch without any attachment hardware and bungee. I ordered a direct replacement hardware kit. I mounted one new pad eye onto the plywood using the two existing screw holes. When attempting to mount the other pad eye inside the locker, I found no holes nor signs of patched holes.

Where does the pad eye go? How does one drill the holes?

I also wonder if there is a common upgrade from the little bungee cord to something like hinges that has been applied to the 16' 7" hull bow locker lid.

Re: 1972 Katama 16 Retaining Bow Locker Hatch

Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2019 12:55 pm
by biggiefl
I use hinges as the bungee does not hold crap when you launch off a 4' wave.