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John Tillman
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Initially Posted - 08/15/2006 :  20:29:56  Show Profile
How is access to inside of transom achieved?
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 08/15/2006 :  20:57:58  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
Beckson access plate
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Champipple
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Response Posted - 08/15/2006 :  21:26:21  Show Profile  Visit Champipple's Homepage
Or you could just crawl to the back of the quarter berth, remove the wood drop insert and reach right back there!

That way would not cause any new holes in the boat

It should be just inboard of the pinrail in this picture...
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Ben
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Response Posted - 08/16/2006 :  09:54:18  Show Profile
On my boat, the boarding ladder is on the port side, so the diagram Duane showed won't work. Frank's option for an inspection plate might be the solution. I've never tried this for a boarding ladder issue so I'm not sure if it will work, but the sail locker in the cockpit is pretty huge. I've cleared it out and gotten inside to do some things. If you could get in facing the stern, perhaps you could access the boarding ladder that way. However, I don't know if the gas locker would be in the way.
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 08/16/2006 :  13:23:15  Show Profile
John, access to the stbd side of the transom can be had by going behind the teak "panel" in the afterberth that Duane mentioned.
On the port side it is possible to get to the inside of the transom by climbing into the port "warehouse" locker - both are a tight squeeze!
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Champipple
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Response Posted - 08/17/2006 :  16:47:34  Show Profile  Visit Champipple's Homepage
With an arms reach you can get to anything bolted onto the trasom from that locker. In some instances you might have to get creative and look first, re-situate yourself and then work blind. But the access is there. On the Port side, Anything above the gas can ledge in the earlier models can be accessed from the sail locker. Anything below you'll need to go through the quarterberth. There really isn't a need to install an inspection plate.


Now that I typed all of that, I started to ponder this question on my drive to the club yesterday. Most guys don't want to cut big holes in the boat, or even small ones for that matter. So did one DPO not realize there was an access panel in the rear of the quarterberth and install inspection plates, then lead the rest of the lemmings off the cliff? (not very likely with this group.) or did the access panel disappear in the later models. I'm guessing that might be the case. If I ever remember my camera I'm going to get some pics of the area inside and out.


Do any of you database "Mark1-4" advocates have that bit of information?
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djn
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Response Posted - 08/17/2006 :  18:25:31  Show Profile
Hi Duane, in my '77 I could not get my hand up there to replace the Gudgoens (sp) so I cut the hole.
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John Tillman
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Response Posted - 08/17/2006 :  21:43:27  Show Profile
Thanks for the suggestions. I've tried the access port at the rear of the quarterberth. Too close to get a hand in and to port side. I'll try going in through the sail locker. Maybe that will work. To replace the top bracket that holds the rudder, I had to cut a hole in the rear of cockpit and cover with a Beckson hole cover. You are all right, no one wants to cut a hole if there is any other way. Thanks for the suggestions.
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