Cuddy improvements

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Cuddy improvements

Postby KingsTransom » Fri Jul 29, 2016 12:21 am

Hi all,
The cuddy opening has a pair of small holes that may at one time held a U-bolt or similar to hold a small padlock to keep the starboard door in place. On my boat, this is now a twisted loop of wire. Where can I get whatever it is that is supposed to be there?

Has anyone made cuddy doors out of plexiglas or Lexan? I'd like to hear the details or see some pictures.
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Re: Cuddy improvements

Postby jeadstx » Fri Jul 29, 2016 12:03 pm

1976 Day Sailer II, #8075 - Completed the 2011, 2012, and 2013 Texas 200
1952 Beetle Boat Swan Catboat
Early Rhodes 19
1973 Mariner 2+2, #2607 - Completed 2014, 2015 and 2016 Texas 200
1969 Day Sailer I, #3229
Fleet 135; Canyon Lake, Texas
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Re: Cuddy improvements

Postby SUNBIRD » Mon Dec 12, 2016 12:46 pm

D&R Marine should have that original locking tab for the cuddy door panels. It is a sort-of "L" shaped stainless Steel part that has 2 holes in the short leg that bolt to the aft bulkhead of the cuddy and a larger hole in the long leg that allows fitting a padlock or pin to hold the boards in place. I could snap a picture of mine, but my boat is 45 miles from where I am right now and it will be a couple of weeks or more before I next check on her.

D&R Marine (508) 644-3001 www.drmarine.com

I don't think Rudy has that part on his web site, but if you call he will know what you need.

Or you could make one, I have often thought about replacing mine with one that could swing out of the way into the cuddy when not in use (Gave myself a nasty head wound one time when I tried to crawl into the cuddy to work on something and caught that locking tab with the top of my head, OUCH!! Kind of bloody too! I now slip a rubber cover over it after opening the cuddy.
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