Thanks for the confirmation. I'm also anxious just to get to the glassing stage. Makes is seem like it's almost done.

I can't say that I've really stressed the hatches for leakage. I'll make sure I do that this spring sometime and post the results. However, with as much tension as there is on the bungees, I'm pretty certain any leakage there is would also be there if I had used external straps.

> That's how I did it. Just finished it up the coaming over the weekend. I
> think fiberglassing in that order allows for the easiest transistions. The
> hardest part, I found, was to lay the fiberglass from inside the vertical
> part to up and over the coaming lip. And I used bias cut cloth.

> For the vertical part go with the hot glue trick, that worked very well
> for me.

> Ross, I really like your internal bungees for the hatches and plan on
> doing something very similar on my Guillemot, any leakage?