I've been wondering why no one seems to have done hatches and bulkheads on a skin-on-frame boat. Wouldn't it be possible to run a couple of stringers between 2 of the stations and create a flat area for mounting VCP or home-built wood hatches on? The hole in the skin around the hatch could could be stapled to this flat area and a decorative bezel could be put over it to hide the raw edge. Two of the stations could be made solid to serve as bulkheads.

Or do skin-on-frame boats have an inherent leaking problem at the seams that would make bulkheads a not-so-good idea?

Dean