If the hatch had a hasp sticking out of it's after end, a piece of flat
metal with a hole in the end, that hasp could pass through the junction
of the two door halves at the top. If the two door halves each have
flat pieces of metal sticking out, they could meet in a single hole
location, to receive a padlock. All this artfully concealed under a
small overhang, of course.


Terry K.


ray lunder wrote:
Hello, I am trying to reconstruct a sliding hatch entry in my
companionway. This had louvered, saloon style doors which swing closed
and the hatch then slides towards the stern to close off the
companionway.
My question is: What prevents it from sliding forwards again? I
thought it must have some kind of stick on the underside of the slider
that is string loaded and clicks into place when the hatch is fully
closed but it doesn't look like there's any room for that.
The boat is fiberglass but has extensive wood trim. The hatch, trim
and saloon doors are wood throughout.
Does anyone have a similar arrangement on their boat that they could
describe.
Thank you.