: Is there anyone out there who has tried it on a S&G? The messages I did find
: seemed to indicate that it was more difficult and there were problems
: getting them watertight. I may just go with the standard hatches with
: internal bungees since these wouldn't sick up very high anyway.

: The front hatch opening does seem a little small on the CH17. Does anyone
: have an opinion on how big the hatch openings should be?

I used a 9" x 14" opening for the front hatch and the aft hatch is 12" x 16.5" (inside opening of hatch lips). They seem like good sizes so far. When I was trying to determine what size to use, I scoured the Internet and looked at all of the commercial boats. My hatch sizes are the average of all the sizes I found. (I deleted some that seemed excessively large, or quite small).

Shawn