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Duncan Heenan
 
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"Pete Verdon" d wrote in
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Duncan Heenan wrote:
"Pete Verdon" d wrote


How would you fix the forehatch board in place if the glass/perspex were
to break?


Mine are fashioned on the assumption that the whole of the hinged opening
part, frame and all, has gone (or is folded flat), and simply blanks off
the opening.


Right, but how do you plan to secure it in place?

I'm not trying to nitpick, by the way, I'm just curious.


I have a small fitment on the inside to which a cord can be attached to lash
it down on to something inside the cabin. It is only ever intended as a
short term emergency thing and so aesthetics don't really matter.