In a message dated 7/8/2002 1:04:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, shawnkayak_at_yahoo.com writes: > ... Another problem is heat and epoxy ... if the epoxy warms and softens ... > I added glass fillets to the inside of my hooks. Over the course of 2.5 > years of paddling this boat, I've had 5 of 8 pop loose. I'm tired of > regluing them and I think the greater bond area presented by the glass will > help significantly. > > These hatches also start to leak after about 2 seasons--replace the > weather-stripping and all's well. I installed flush hatches in my plywood "Yare" during construction. I simply cut circles out of the deck, preserving the deck camber with low "handles" across the outside over the entire width of the hatch. I epoxied 1 inch plywood rings to the underside of the deck, which provide a lip for the weather-stripping, the inner diameter is 1/2 inch less than the hatch diameter. Two brass eyes screwed into each end of the handle from below hold a bungee loop, which in turn is stretched to a wooden hook epoxied and filleted into the bilge. It has never failed, has never leaked appreciably and is only on the second set of 1/2 inch weather-stripping in almost six years. In other words, the system works. Best regards, Ralph Ralph_at_PouchBoats.com www.PouchBoats.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Jul 08 2002 - 10:37:36 PDT
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