sliding hatch care

What maintenance is required for the sliding hatch(cal 9 spcificly) does it just slide on the wood with no cleaning or lube?

Jeff, if it is like a CAL 25, there ought to be a track in there, and an inner female track made of plastic. The female track will inevitably break. I finally found a substitute (stainless C-track) for the 25s. If it ain't like a 25, cancel all preceding. Cheers Charlie From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Baumgardner Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 3:12 AM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: [Cal_Boats] sliding hatch care What maintenance is required for the sliding hatch(cal 9 spcificly) does it just slide on the wood with no cleaning or lube? Yahoo! Groups Links

I've owned two cals; a 25-2 and a 33-3. On both, the hatches slide on a wood rail. Both were difficult to slide until I was advised to simply put some wax the wood. Since then, no problems. Travis ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff Baumgardner To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 2:12 AM Subject: [Cal_Boats] sliding hatch care What maintenance is required for the sliding hatch(cal 9 spcificly) does it just slide on the wood with no cleaning or lube?

We used a drumel and lightly sanded the inside wood track a bit to get the old dry wood off, then put the wax on it. I have also seen them for sale and they were not that expensive....considering. Good luck Greg ----- Original Message ----- From: tr… [at] sbcglobal.net To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 12:46 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] sliding hatch care I've owned two cals; a 25-2 and a 33-3. On both, the hatches slide on a wood rail. Both were difficult to slide until I was advised to simply put some wax the wood. Since then, no problems. Travis ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff Baumgardner To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 2:12 AM Subject: [Cal_Boats] sliding hatch care What maintenance is required for the sliding hatch(cal 9 spcificly) does it just slide on the wood with no cleaning or lube?