Echo,
Thanks for posting that link to the latches on ebay.
The same latches from Defender in CT were $17 a piece.
I got my new latches today from ebay. SWEET!
I replaced the hinges with Sea Dog units. Cheapest I could find was Bass Pro and they had the spring type stops that I used to stop the hinges from flopping all the way open against the cleat.
I saw this in Mac Attack's gallery.
linky....
http://www.wellcraftv20.com/gallery/...0/saturday_010
You can get some great ideas looking at other peoples projects.
Love the lower access hatches he put in also.....
http://www.wellcraftv20.com/gallery/album30/Doors