Cabintop Hatch???

[De_gevleugelde_cat]

Hi,
I'm surfing this site for hours now and I'm sure I saw a topic once covering my question...but I can't find it.

I think it's wise to put a small hatch in the cabintop, just aft (sorry for the English, I mean at the backside of the mast, under the boom; don't really know if "aft" is the right terminolgy) of the mast. It would be there for bringing daylight in and for ventilation.

Now the questions...is it done before? Is it wise, structurelike? How large would you recommend? Is there a work-through published? Etc etc.

Thanks in advance for you time and attention.

Wouter

 

[JohnVTX]

I have one in mine that was installed when it was built. About 12 inches square.

 

[mortyd]

is eer niet een nog? is there not one already there? pardon my dutch.

 

[De_gevleugelde_cat]

Nope, er is er nog geen één.
No, there isn't one yet. Would be very strange if I should ask how to build one in if there was one already, wouldn't it?

Wouter

 

[mortyd]

niet heel stranger than there isn't one already. waroom diet?

 

[De_gevleugelde_cat]

I like your Dutch. It really looks like you adopted our habit of being drunk and high all the time.
Or is that just the image of the Dutch?

Couldn't resist.

Wouter

 

[The Garbone]

I have two 12" hatches one port and one starboard of centerline about 16" aft of the mast.

 

[mortyd]

viertig jaare gelede ik heb in amsterdam gewonen, but i forgot lots of my dutch. begrijp?

 

[mortyd]

garbone, later boats came from the factory with a large hatch over the v berth and a much smaller one a little aft.