Hello, everyone!
As usual with the "new used" boat, small things continue to pop up on my boat. During the pre-purchase inspection, it was noted that the anchor locker hatch had some softness to it. It has been identified as an issue with water penetrating beyond the outer layers and the core rotting within. The selling brokerage agreed to fix the problem prior to delivery and did, in a way, by injecting something into the hatch and making it rigid again. However, whoever was doing the job has obviously not thought of a natural camber to the fore deck around the anchor locker, and instead of keeping the underside of the hatch "curved", they've laid it on a flat surface, with the obvious result of the repaired hatch losing any preexisting curvature. Of course, now it won't close properly, with 4/5" gap on the starboard side near the latch unless I force it down - not a good idea since it will eventually spring the hinges making matters even worse. I have noted that the hatch won't close properly as I was picking the boat up, but was assured that it simply "needs time to settle"...
I am not sure I can force them to fix the issue and so would appreciate any advice on how the veterans would go about remedying the situation. Alternatively - anyone knows where I could get a replacement hatch, perhaps? Catalina Direct doesn't appear to have them. I have not contacted Catalina Yachts yet.
As usual with the "new used" boat, small things continue to pop up on my boat. During the pre-purchase inspection, it was noted that the anchor locker hatch had some softness to it. It has been identified as an issue with water penetrating beyond the outer layers and the core rotting within. The selling brokerage agreed to fix the problem prior to delivery and did, in a way, by injecting something into the hatch and making it rigid again. However, whoever was doing the job has obviously not thought of a natural camber to the fore deck around the anchor locker, and instead of keeping the underside of the hatch "curved", they've laid it on a flat surface, with the obvious result of the repaired hatch losing any preexisting curvature. Of course, now it won't close properly, with 4/5" gap on the starboard side near the latch unless I force it down - not a good idea since it will eventually spring the hinges making matters even worse. I have noted that the hatch won't close properly as I was picking the boat up, but was assured that it simply "needs time to settle"...
I am not sure I can force them to fix the issue and so would appreciate any advice on how the veterans would go about remedying the situation. Alternatively - anyone knows where I could get a replacement hatch, perhaps? Catalina Direct doesn't appear to have them. I have not contacted Catalina Yachts yet.