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Does anyone have any info (or a photo to show) of how the engine deck hatches are supposed to stay open?<br /><br />I recently bought a 1979 Chris Craft Catalina 281 and it has nothing to keep the doors propped open so that engine/bilge access is easy. It looks like there may have been straps...