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Rob,
It's a short aluminum leg with a rubber piece on the end. It fits into the  
hole on the hatch and supports it in the groove and can be used as a table  
between the galley and the cockpit. It would have to be removed to enter or exit  
the cabin.

Rummy

In a message dated 2/25/2009 8:37:29 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
rlowe at vt.edu writes:

Mike,
Tell me a bit more about this table leg if you will.   Something you
rigged up yourself? - rob

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[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]  On Behalf Of Michael D.
Weisner
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 10:22  PM
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Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Need to  replace Hatch

Greg,

Welcome to the R22 list and congratulations  on your new project.
Hopefully 
you will find some time to actually sail  her.

Most of us have replaced our plywood hatches at least once.   I am on my 
third wooden one on my '81.  After replacing the teak  veneer plywood
version 
twice with the same, I found that one could do a  better job with birch 
veneer, stained and finished with spar  varnish.  The varnish stands up
to 
the weather much better than  the teak veneer ever did.  I also have a 
version made of white 1/2  inch "starboard", a fairly expensive nearly 
indestructible composite  material that doesn't look as nice as the
stained 
wood, in my  opinion.

The hinge not only kept the two pieces together in storage but  also 
permitted the hatch to be folded at an angle (almost 90 degrees) so  that
the 
upper portion was supported by a leg to the cockpit floor, to  function
as a 
serving table from the galley.  If you do not desire  this, there is no 
reason why it couldn't be two pieces.

Mike
s/v  Shanghaid'd Summer ('81)
Nissequogue River,  NY

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