[Rhodes22-list] Need to replace Hatch

[Michael D. Weisner]

Greg,

Welcome to the R22 list and congratulations on your new project.  Hopefully 
you will find some time to actually sail her.

Most of us have replaced our plywood hatches at least once.  I am on my 
third wooden one on my '81.  After replacing the teak veneer plywood version 
twice with the same, I found that one could do a better job with birch 
veneer, stained and finished with spar varnish.  The varnish stands up to 
the weather much better than the teak veneer ever did.  I also have a 
version made of white 1/2 inch "starboard", a fairly expensive nearly 
indestructible composite material that doesn't look as nice as the stained 
wood, in my opinion.

The hinge not only kept the two pieces together in storage but also 
permitted the hatch to be folded at an angle (almost 90 degrees) so that the 
upper portion was supported by a leg to the cockpit floor, to function as a 
serving table from the galley.  If you do not desire this, there is no 
reason why it couldn't be two pieces.

Mike
s/v Shanghaid'd Summer ('81)
       Nissequogue River, NY

From: "Baywind" Tuesday, February 24, 2009 9:46 PM
>
> New Rhodes22 owner, member, and sailboat restorer. I have a lot of
> restoration experience, just not in sailboats. I just bought a 79 and the
> hatch is a piece of rotting plywood. My plan is to use the original hatch 
> as
> a template. I am going to buy BC plywood at Lowes and use Polyester Resin
> tinted with white to completely seal it.
> Questions:
> 1. Do I have to have a hinge in it?
> 2. Supplies ok?
> 3. Can I make it 2 piece instead of the hinge so I can have it just top
> open?
> 4. Use some kind of plastic instead?
>
> Thanks
> Greg
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