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S&S Swan Maintenance - 41 main hatch
12 February 2013 - 10:28
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cosmolittle
Join Date: 02 March 2007
Posts: 83

41 main hatch
Dear Lars, I have removed the perspex sliding hatch , and have found a strip of rubber across the lower forward end held on by a ( roughly cut) strip of stainless. I think this must have been an attempt to seal the forward end of the hatch. From the number of screw holes in the perspex, this was not the original fitting. Could you please tell me what was fitted originally, and what its intention was. It could also have been a limit stop to stop the hatch hitting the extension to the deck moulding at the aft end, which has a strip of rubber glued on.

best regards

Cosmo Little
12 February 2013 - 19:19
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the professor
Join Date: 02 January 2008
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Dear Cosmo Little
Your conclusions appear to be correct. I would appreciate comments from other owners, as these details are not well documented.
Kind regards
Lars
13 February 2013 - 12:33
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Jyrki
Join Date: 31 January 2007
Posts: 56

Dear Cosmo,

Attached please find a picture of the main hatch forward end original rubber seal of a Swan 38 (a sister of Infant).

Regards, Jyrki, Infant 38/014
22 February 2013 - 20:11
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John Bailey
Join Date: 01 February 2007
Posts: 234

Cosmo, as you I took mine off and replaced with a set of rubber door stops at the ends of the slides so that the hatch does not go fully back and hit the garage roof. It also creats a small amount of space at the aft end between the hatch and the garage making the hatch easier to get hold off and pull back.  

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