{"id":1051,"date":"1999-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1999-11-30T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2015-10-16T12:08:30","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T17:08:30","slug":"cushion-fabrics-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/cushion-fabrics-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cushion Fabrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"question\">\n<p class=\"Body\" align=\"left\">We love your book! Can you tell me more about the deadbolts you use to lock the hatch boards down? We have a Crealock 37 Yawl and would like to install these on our boat also. We have watched the video many, many times and learned so much. Thanks, D and M <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"answer\">\n<p class=\"Body\" align=\"left\"> Hi D and M:There are several approaches to locking floor boards. One is to use simple &quot;door buttons&quot; which are still made by a number of companies. This is a simple and effective method, but the plastic locks do sit up above floor level (we used these years ago on Intermezzo). Another approach is to take a standard door lock set, mount it below the floorboard, and use the tongue of the lockset to engage the edge of the cabin sole. This mechanism is operated with what in effect is a removable door handle. You&#8217;ll see details of both approaches in Offshore Cruising Encyclopedia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"> For sliding hatches and companionway slides we usually fit a simple barrel bolt (made of brass or stainless) to lock these from the inside. This is particularly important when heading offshore as heavy seas will work your companionway hatch open.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\" align=\"center\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We love your book! Can you tell me more about the deadbolts you use to lock the hatch boards down? <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/cushion-fabrics-2\/\">&#8230;Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-talk","category-yacht-interior-forum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1051"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36140,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051\/revisions\/36140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}