: Most of my boats have hatches that I did not cover the edges. They
: are basically fine. However, on almost every one of them, over
: time there is a little sign of water creeping into the deck and
: hatch cover along the cut edge, despite sealing the edges with
: epoxy.

: I treat my boats fairly rough and don't always maintain them in the
: best manner. This is partly because I'm lazy, and partly because
: I want to learn how the boats die. From this testing I've
: decided that actively glassing over the edge does help. On
: customers boats, I now consider this best practice. For my own
: personal boats, I might not bother.

: So, if you don't put epoxy over the edges, the hatches will be OK,
: but you can expect that as the boat ages, these edges may be one
: of the first places to show signs of that aging.

any pointers on how to do this? I'd imagine the edges would require a bit more sanding; then a thin strip of fg wrapped around? Same for the exposed hatch opening, before gluing in the 'lip'?