: I am building a Redfish Silver and have the bottom stripped but not glassed.
: I am gathering material for the deck and am planning on using magnets for
: holding the hatch covers. What size rare earth magnets shoud I use and the
: spacing. I saw some at R2K3 including Bill and Beth Prices but I didn't
: measure the size or distance.

Hi Jon,

I used Lee Valley's 1/2 magnets. I ended up with 14-15 per hatch (around 7 on each side of a hatch. You might see what John Schroeder and Ted Henry have used also. Good luck and let's see some pictures of that Silver! :-)

Bill