: How wide a hatch does a 2" inset
: give you? You probably don't need a lot more than 12

Shawn, I don't recall. I'll have to measure it at home tonight.

One other thing I should consider is that the OI is a low volume boat. It won't be taken on trips longer than a weekend, perhaps. In fact, I may just use it as a day boat, in which case I won't be putting much at all in the hatches (lunch, change of cloths, maybe a beach blanket, etc). For longer trips, I plan on building Rob Mack's Panache.

Hmmmm. Maybe I'm not ready to cut yet. Maybe I need to think about this for another day or two.

Rick