Dwight,

When I taped my hatch covers in-place in preparation for making the FG lip, I depressed the covers in the opening slightly. This gave me a little room later for a gasket which brought the cover up flush with the deck. Plastic wrap should be fine if you can keep the wrinkles out of it.

Some extra glass reinforcement on your rear deck would not be a bad idea. It might end up to be overkill, but it won't contribute much additional weight. You can wait until the boat is complete and then evaluate whether or not some extra glass is necessary, but it will be much easier to apply it before the deck and hull are attached.

Good luck,

Ross

: I cut out the two hatches for my guillemot and they look good. Used a new
: DeWalt jig saw and it worked great. Any excuse for a new tool ;)

: If I follow the instructions in Nick's book and tape the cover to the deck,
: flip it over and build a FG lip, I don't understand how there will be room
: for a gasket. Am I missing something?

: I can't find any of the release agents Nick talks about. Will plastic wrap
: work OK? If so, I was thinkng of wrapping it around the lid. How do I keep
: the resin from sealing up the gap between the lid and the deck?

: The rear hatch I cut seems very close to the coaming, about 8" back. Are
: there structural considerations? Should I put extra layers of FG in the
: area between the coaming and the hatch?

: Dwight