: I've done a couple of magnetic hatches for customers over the years
: and never really cared for them. Unless you have a paper-thin
: gasket material you have to use a ton of magnets..

: I've been using internal bungees exclusively for wooden hatches for
: the past 4 years and haven't looked back. With carbon fiber
: lips, padeyes and hooks they are virtually water tight and so
: much easier and cheaper to construct.

The internal bungies work fine, are pretty easy to make and seem very secure. I've been using them too Dan :)

I'd still like to make hinged hatches like a car's trunk with inflatable gaskets also like a car's trunk. Never had the time to play with it, yet.

Bill H.