Hello Balboa 26 sailors....
So I have a question. Have any of you switched the hinges on your forward hatch so that it opens forward instead of to aft?
We were tied up at a Marina on Tangier Island last summer and we had a nice stiff breeze blowing from forward but to get any air down into the boat, I had to take off the hinges for the forward hatch. So I'm thinking I'd rather just switch it so that it opens forward. Any good reason not to do this?
I guess I'm curious as to why anyone would want the hatch to open aft in the first place? Unless it was so it would close on a breaking sea but.... I don't sail with my hatch open anyway.
If you got some insights that I've overlooked, please share....
r
So I have a question. Have any of you switched the hinges on your forward hatch so that it opens forward instead of to aft?
We were tied up at a Marina on Tangier Island last summer and we had a nice stiff breeze blowing from forward but to get any air down into the boat, I had to take off the hinges for the forward hatch. So I'm thinking I'd rather just switch it so that it opens forward. Any good reason not to do this?
I guess I'm curious as to why anyone would want the hatch to open aft in the first place? Unless it was so it would close on a breaking sea but.... I don't sail with my hatch open anyway.
If you got some insights that I've overlooked, please share....
r