What is the construction of the seat hatches on the Challengers??
The hatches were all but completely gone on my boat, a Mistral, when I bought her. I replaced them with 3/4" teak plywood as a temporary fix. These are ready for replacement.
As best I could see, the original hatches were plywood construction with a 1 by 2 ( 3/4 by 1-1/2" ) edge piece on the front and back edges. The top veneer piece extended over the plywood and edges pieces and the edge pieces were doweled to the plywood. The drawing for the boat from Alden give no details of the seat hatch construction.
Pictures I have seen of Challengers don't show anything much different that this. Is that true?
I was hoping to upgrade the construction a little bit but haven't seen a good solution yet. Anyone out there have any suggestions??
Bill Merrick
S/V Carmina
Seattle WA
The hatches were all but completely gone on my boat, a Mistral, when I bought her. I replaced them with 3/4" teak plywood as a temporary fix. These are ready for replacement.
As best I could see, the original hatches were plywood construction with a 1 by 2 ( 3/4 by 1-1/2" ) edge piece on the front and back edges. The top veneer piece extended over the plywood and edges pieces and the edge pieces were doweled to the plywood. The drawing for the boat from Alden give no details of the seat hatch construction.
Pictures I have seen of Challengers don't show anything much different that this. Is that true?
I was hoping to upgrade the construction a little bit but haven't seen a good solution yet. Anyone out there have any suggestions??
Bill Merrick
S/V Carmina
Seattle WA