Show us your galley

[quidam1947]

Originally Posted by christyleigh

My only suggestion is NOT to use what I call the "Finger Breaker" method of installing latches ...

Christyleigh, ever thought of modifying them? e.g., enlarging the holes or adding a nautical handle of sorts like attaching a Monkey's Fist

[kaluvic]

Thanks for the links Michele
That’s exactly the kind of gadgetry I working on...I just love messing with these kind of projects.

[christyleigh]

Originally Posted by quidam1947

Christyleigh, ever thought of modifying them? e.g., enlarging the holes or adding a nautical handle of sorts like attaching a Monkey's Fist

I seriously doubt if they will ever rise high enough on my Projects Lists to be addressed. I strongly believe they are a poor design for a boat and I doubt anyone would actually use such a system for a makeover. My original post was half just to throw my comment out there and half to lament the turn of events that left me with a boat full of latches that I have railed against to people in the past ending up on the "boat of my dreams".... If I were to attack the issue I would use something simple like the ones on my previous C320 I showed in my second post even though the style may not fit in perfectly with the rest of my decor. I shuffled some of them around in my major interior changes on that boat and the door hole required would be about the same as my existing ones.

[kaluvic]

Christyleigh
Are the latches on your second post (the Catalina) "push-in pop-out" type.
I see these used often on European boats...I like them.

[christyleigh]

No, they are simple twist latches. The inside ridge twists while the outer chrome ring remains stationary. I know the push button ones you mean and I have seen them on newer and larger (I don't know which is the driving factor) Catalinas ..... maybe that has become their standard now.

[christyleigh]

Originally Posted by kaluvic

Christyleigh
Are the latches on your second post (the Catalina) "push-in pop-out" type.I see these used often on European boats...I like them.

You got me interested so I did some surfing and found both the twist type that I had on my '99 C320 and the push button type that I've seen on my friends C387 at SOUTHCO.COM

[kaluvic]

Just paid my first visit to their site....nice variety of stuff.
Thanks for the link.

I live in the Middle East and suffer greatly from trying to order stuff from most sites...
I normally try and have a buddy in the states buy and accumulate stuff for me then bundle it all up and send it as a single shipment.

Import formalities are a pain!

It pisses me off…Its hard to think that far ahead!

I’ve made some good headway on my (gadget) dishes drain rack/storage mock-up…still in cardboard…may move up to particle board tomorrow…oh boy!

[CaptainForce]

Here is our rather simple and plain galley compared to those posted above, but it has suited us well for 24 years.

'take care and joy, Aythya crew

[christyleigh]

That's quite the companionway insert there Captain..... very pretty.

[kaluvic]

Yes ..very nice.