Companionway hatch replacement

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chiefaponte

chiefaponte

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Nov 26, 2010
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s2 8.0 Jacksonville, fl
My 8.0c has the plexiglass hatch and I was wondering if there are any hatches that are suitable replacements. I like fiberglass. And I am not concerned about the light that's provided by the current hatch.


Thanks in advance
 
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Tori Taylor

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Apr 28, 2011
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S2 8.0 B Sanford
I have an 8.0 B and our hatch was broken we were unable to find a replacement and ended up repairing the original hatch. The only thing we could find were local companies to custom make hatch for a pretty penny. If you find a replacement let me know
Tori
 
chiefaponte

chiefaponte

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Nov 26, 2010
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s2 8.0 Jacksonville, fl
I was thinking more like adapting a fiberglass hatch like the ones used on the smaller catalinas. Another option is to fabricate it out of plywood and fiberglass
 
Amos Cape

Amos Cape

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Feb 1, 2010
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Hunter 33.5 El Dorado Lake, Kansas
You could use the hatch that is there and fiberglass over it on the top and back sides. That would give you a very strong top then. You would loose the light thow.
 
chiefaponte

chiefaponte

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Nov 26, 2010
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s2 8.0 Jacksonville, fl
My research led me to find out that polyester resin would stick on the plexiglas. That epoxy resin would.

any suggestions
 
chiefaponte

chiefaponte

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Nov 26, 2010
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s2 8.0 Jacksonville, fl
chiefaponte said:
My research led me to find out that polyester resin would not stick on the plexiglas. That epoxy resin would.

any suggestions
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Poly would not stick to plexiglas
 
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ewoden1

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Dec 8, 2011
48
S2 8.0 C Baltimore
Marine ply main body with a nice teak boarder to take the milling for the sliders. Epoxy sealed and varnished. That would be sweet. Maybe kerf cuts filled with a nice light contrasting wood to get it artsy and salty. One could even inset a bit of lexan for a skylight. Or if one could manage the clearance with the front for the hatchway, put a solar Nicro vent in it.
 
BobM

BobM

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Jun 10, 2004
3,269
S2 9.2A Winthrop, MA
Cost my boats PO more than he liked to remember to have a new plexi hatch fabbed for my 9.2A. He had to build a custom jig so they could put it in their oven to get the bend to take and then they had to machine it. Starting to craze a little already and its less than 5 years old (just on the edges). I am making a protective sunbrella cover for it.
 
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ewoden1

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Dec 8, 2011
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S2 8.0 C Baltimore
BobM said:
Cost my boats PO more than he liked to remember to have a new plexi hatch fabbed for my 9.2A. He had to build a custom jig so they could put it in their oven to get the bend to take and then they had to machine it. Starting to craze a little already and its less than 5 years old (just on the edges). I am making a protective sunbrella cover for it.
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The hatch on the 8.0 c is, thankfully, table flat.
 
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