August 29, 2009

Greg Marsden, Unda Maris III, Yankee # 125, sent in a couple of pictures of their recently rebuilt hatches. This seemed a good reason to start this page and maybe eventually get more imput from others on this subject. Here are his photos and emailed comments - minor edits. Webmaster Note, October 20, 2011: Greg sent in more pictures of this project so we set up a page dedicated to it. Click here to go there.

I've attached a couple more photos of the work we did on the boat, reworking the hatches out of hardwood. It's my dad's handiwork here. He took the original teak framing and redid the wood slats with an aluminum backing to keep them waterproof. This was apparently a problem, as the original condition we found with the hatches had several extra layers of tar paper, caulking, and Boat Board over the original hatches!

The finished hatches

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The varnish on these hatches just 'love' the California sunshine, and maybe a set of covers would be a good idea? Ron Breault's Marionette, Marscot/O'Day # 12 has a varnished main hatch that has a cover that works well for him.

For more on this hatch cover, and covers generally, click here

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