: I know this has come up before but I was looking at hatches for a skin boat.
: While I am not crazy about the look some people want hatches and I
: understand that. I have to say one would be nice to access the small area
: behind me on my new boat.

: I was looking at this new(?) hatch from Hobie. I saw a similar one a new boat
: and looks like the locking method would keep from stressing the skin as a
: Beckson screw on hatch would. Any thoughts? Other than is going to be
: ugly?

: Installation looks fairly straight forward.

I'm doing that right now, but can't send pix for right away. The boat basically has a piece of plywood attached to the frame with a round hole in it, with a recessed ring under it, so the hatches will sit fairly flush. Problem is when you cover the boat, it's easier to just cover all the hatches then cut the fabric after the outer sealing ring is installed so the fabric can't shift. Easy huh? Cept I ran out of glass after the deck was covered, so waiting for more to show up via FedEx. Have hatches fore and aft, but they are under the fabric so don't show up in pictures.

Later this week maybe.

Bill H.