: The screw in Beckson style inspection ports work fine, are
: watertight and fairly light weight. They though require a
: perfectly flat surface to be mounted, so you'd need to make some
: sort of recess in the OI's curved deck to mount them. I suspect
: that this will be just as difficult as making the hatches the
: "regular" way. Same problem with the rubber hatches
: btw, they also require a flat mounting surface. These hatches
: work great if the boat you're mounting them on has flat decks to
: start with, IMO.

: Btw, tethers arn't hard to make for these hatches, the hatch covers
: definately do not float. I've got a 6" Beckson I installed
: as a day hatch on my NDK Greenlander, works great. Also have one
: factory installed on my Cobra Eliminator also works great.

: Bill H.

: Bill H.

Btw, had to go look it up to make sure, but Beckson makes round hatches up to 8" (10" overall) and also makes square and rectangular hatchs.

Bill H.