(As I have been laid off from my new job I have lots of time to work on the boat! Yay!)

I have noticed that the hatch in the heads (that is toilet for you landlubbers) would stay up when I opened it. It used to do that but I guess it is being used more so I needed to do something. And suddenly I got an idea. Remember that you should never throw something away?

I had a couple of pieces of wood lying around from the Dutch flag I had bought. One bit was particularly useful as it turns out: