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Strip: Hatches
By:YakAbout
Date: 2/3/2016, 1:11 pm

I guess I'm at that nerve racking point of cutting into my boat to make the hatches. I would like to know if there is a size limit in terms of weakening the structure? I plan to use plywood/epoxy to make the gasket lips.

I would like to make the back hatch on my Great Auk "Great Big". Maybe 24" long by 12" wide. I will be camping and hiking out of it and would like to be able haul lots of gear and get it in and out easily. For instance I would like to be able to fit a decent size back pack or a tent through the hatch without fighting it.

I made this boat with the sharp peak on the front deck and I am thinking it would be cool to make the front hatch on one side or the other, or maybe even one on each side instead of cutting it in the center across the peak. This would make the hatch flat instead of having the peak in the middle of it. And is there any reason I couldn't use hinges and a latch instead of the removable 'Man Hole" style. Making the back hatch more like a trunk and the front more like the side doors on a truck cap?

The Great Auk is supposedly really stable and I have no intentions of rolling it and will mainly use it in the lakes and rivers of the mid west. So waves from boats/barges will be the biggest most aggressive water it will see as opposed the the surf and wind of the ocean.

Thanks for any input!

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Strip: Hatches
YakAbout -- 2/3/2016, 1:11 pm
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YakAbout -- 2/3/2016, 4:02 pm
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Jaybabina -- 2/11/2016, 6:28 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/12/2016, 8:26 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 2/12/2016, 9:59 am
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YakAbout -- 2/12/2016, 11:05 am
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Jaybabina -- 2/12/2016, 1:58 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/13/2016, 12:36 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 2/13/2016, 1:39 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/14/2016, 12:25 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 2/14/2016, 4:56 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/14/2016, 7:55 am
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scottbaxter -- 2/14/2016, 8:10 am
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Kyle T -- 2/14/2016, 11:48 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 2/14/2016, 1:51 pm
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scottbaxter -- 2/14/2016, 2:18 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 2/14/2016, 4:16 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 2/14/2016, 6:22 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 2/14/2016, 6:20 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/15/2016, 3:57 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 2/15/2016, 7:52 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/16/2016, 12:43 am
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Kyle T -- 2/16/2016, 6:07 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 2/16/2016, 7:20 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/15/2016, 3:58 am
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Curtis Fisher -- 3/12/2016, 4:27 pm
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Etienne muller -- 3/12/2016, 5:08 pm
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Curtis Fisher -- 3/12/2016, 6:38 pm
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Etienne muller -- 3/13/2016, 5:20 am
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YakAbout -- 3/17/2016, 2:57 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 3/17/2016, 3:02 pm
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YakAbout -- 3/17/2016, 3:07 pm
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Curtis Fisher -- 3/17/2016, 5:07 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/18/2016, 9:08 pm
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Curtis Fisher -- 3/21/2016, 3:56 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/22/2016, 12:15 am
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Tom Thomas -- 3/23/2016, 11:51 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 3/23/2016, 12:37 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 3/23/2016, 2:37 pm
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Tom Thomas -- 3/23/2016, 7:18 pm
BTW...
Brian Nystrom -- 3/24/2016, 7:36 am