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Flush deck hatches
By:Kent LeBoutillier
Date: 10/18/1999, 6:18 am

I finished cutting the hatches in the deck of my Guillemot last night and prepared them for making the lip. My question is, should I make a recess for a gasket in order to keep the hatch more flush with the deck? Nicks book doesn't say anything about doing it, but it seems like it will stick up the thickness of the compressed gasket if I don't.

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Flush deck hatches
Kent LeBoutillier -- 10/18/1999, 6:18 am
Flange Recesses
mike allen -- 10/18/1999, 12:32 pm
Fixed Gasket Flange Recess
mike allen -- 10/18/1999, 7:03 pm
Re: Flush deck hatches
lee -- 10/18/1999, 10:41 am
Re: Flush deck hatches
Ross Leidy -- 10/18/1999, 9:19 am
Re: Flush deck hatches
Jim Richardson -- 10/19/1999, 4:59 pm
Re: Flush deck hatches
Ross Leidy -- 10/19/1999, 5:36 pm
Re: Flush deck hatches
Marc Leclerc -- 10/18/1999, 8:59 pm
Re: Flush deck hatches
Ross Leidy -- 10/19/1999, 10:13 am
Re: Flush deck hatches
Kent LeBoutillier -- 10/19/1999, 11:45 am