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  Last Update: 18 Feb 06
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Cut a hatch support from a 1/8"x3/8" basswood strip to fit under the deck, at the PORT (left looking forward) side of the hatch opening between F4 and the transom.  Glue this piece to the underside of the deck with CA, so that it protrudes into the hatch opening 1/8", as shown.


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Use a pencil and a ruler to mark a line 3/16" in from the long side of the hatch, as shown.  Be sure that you make this line on the UNDERSIDE of the hatch.


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Apply Slow CA to the hatch tongue.  Align it with the pencil line on the hatch so that it is centered between the ends of the hatch, as shown.  Press the two parts together.


 


Interior Details

Fitting and installing the hatch frames, hatches, motor, antenna and steering guide tubes now, while you have access to the interior of the hull, is much easier than trying to install these parts after the hull is planked. Also, some of the interior wood parts should be water­proofed. This would be impossible to do after the planking is in place.

There are two removable deck hatches on this boat. The rear deck hatch gives access to the rudder post and steering linkage. The cockpit deck hatch gives access to the battery compartment, between F2 and F3. For reasons of clarity, neither one of these hatches is shown in detail on the plan. However, their locations are. The following instructions and illustrations detail the construction of both hatches.

Rear Deck Hatch

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Lay a straight edge along the indented line and marks locating the rear hatch.  Cut through the deck with an X-Acto® knife. 


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Then, carefully slip the knife blade into the joints between the hatch and transom, and the hatch and F4, to cut the hatch free from these parts.


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