". . . I'd rather a thief steal the contents than destroy the hatches with a crow-bar . . ." Excellent point, Clarence. ----- Original Message ----- From: "n9ca" <n9ca@comcast.net> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 3:55 PM Subject: The black hole... Rusty, When I took delivery of M-17 #604, there were no hatch latches nor weather strip to seal them. I installed locking cam latches on all three lockers (West Marine Model # 2735090, TACO P/N F61-2425CH-1), and installed adhesive backed weather stripping to the lids of the hatches and the cabin hatch. The latches will accept a lock, but I'd rather a thief steal the contents than destroy the hatches with a crow-bar. Clarence Andrews Carpe Ventum Carpe Ventum, Jr.