: This sounds interesting, Bill. How did you secure your hatches in
: place?

: ~Bob

I've used both internal bungies which I prefer and external ones which work but make loading the hatch more of a challenge. The hatch lids are just two plies of 1/4" plywood epoxied together, in the center (or spaced for oval hatches) I epoxied a nut between the layers in a recess (if you wax the eye bolt and screw it into the nut the epoxy won't fill the hole and the bolt will easily come back out). Makes an easy eye to hook the bungie on.

I also use a trim ring on the deck, also plywood, so the hatch lid sits flush with the ring (if you're careful you can cut the hatch lid and the trim ring from the same piece of plywood so the grain matches, looks nice).

Bill H.