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My "privacy" door is stuck open. Before I do irreversible damage, are there any experiences out there as to what is the cause? It does not seem to be friction alone. It feels like there is something blocking the slide.
Thanks for any advice?copasetic
Hi. I had the same probelm a while back. Some one didn't do up the hooks while sailing, and when the boat heeled to port, the door slammed to port and the little "trolleys" came off the port end track at the far end. With a lot of wiggling and jiggling you should be able to work it back on. I had the bottom go off once, and the top once. One time I had to undo the screws inside the top track to give it enough jiggle room. After that I installed a small block of wood to the bulhead both top and bottom so the door could not go so far back as to slip out of the tracks any more. That appears to have permanently solved the problem, as eventually some one will again leave the hooks undone.
Keep the faith, it will slip back on with a lot of fiddling.
Barry, Oasis, 1987 Mk V.
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I have a similar problem. Haven't done anything about it since it still closes about halfway (enough to give some level of privacy when using the head).
When we bought the boat (maybe four+ years ago) I think the door worked completely. I haven't noticed any change for the worse in the past three years which is when I noticed it was an issue. If you figure out what the problem is, please post about it.
My worse fear is that there is core rot and the mast is compressing/deflecting the cabin top. But I'd think that the mast step would be soild epoxy/fiberglass or plywood and if that had rotted, the balsa aoround it would have faired worse and been noticable earlier. Since I don't feel any spongyness around the mast it's not likely rot. But does anyone know what the core construction is of the Mk V at the mast step, including how large an area is re-inforced? Maybe it's possible that despite the wood column providing support within the cabin, the area is rotted.
Although... hadn't thought about the fact that the interior is an insert. Maybe it's not rot. Whew! But if you get into it and do something drastic, please post so I know what to do/not to do.
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Hi
I had the same problem. It was caused by the screws holding the sliding attachments coming loose I fixed it by
1. remove door and remove all hardware. There is about 1/4" spare clearance to get the door out into the cabin (Ithink you have to clear the v birth platform out of the way first.
2. Replace screws with bolts and nuts
3. If necessary sand down plastic sliders a bit so they slide freely
4. reassemble
5. Apply teflon spray twice per year
jim
Distant Thunder
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