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similar hatch problem and solution
By:Pete Ford
Date: 8/1/1998, 7:40 pm
In Response To: VCP Hatches On Chesapeake Kayaks (Bobby Curtis)

I wanted to put some standard round hatches in (8" in the front, 10" in the back - about $25 bucks each from Hamilton Marine) my kayak so I created a ring of redwood and mounted and shaped it so that the sides of the hatches are even with the deck allowing water to flow off and then put a pywood ring on the flat underside and mounted the hatches on top. The resulting flanges were shaped until they were only about 1/8" to 1/2" thick and then glassed and epoxied along with the rest of the deck. Hopefully the picture will make this clearer.

Pete's Kayak Konstruction Zone

Messages In This Thread

VCP Hatches On Chesapeake Kayaks
Bobby Curtis -- 7/31/1998, 2:31 pm
similar hatch problem and solution
Pete Ford -- 8/1/1998, 7:40 pm
Recessed Deck Line Fittings?
Nick Schade -- 8/5/1998, 3:42 pm
I Like the Recessed Deck Fittings!
Pete Ford -- 8/5/1998, 7:54 pm
Re: I Like the Recessed Deck Fittings!
Bobby Curtis -- 8/15/1998, 8:47 pm
Vitudden contact info
Pete Ford -- 8/24/1998, 5:33 pm
Re: I Like the Recessed Deck Fittings!
Bobby Curtis -- 8/15/1998, 8:44 pm
Re: Another Recessed Deck Fitting!
Mark Kanzler -- 8/11/1998, 10:40 am
Re: I Like the Recessed Deck Fittings!
Nick Schade -- 8/6/1998, 5:23 pm
Fittings are just long enough for 3/16" strips
Pete Ford -- 8/6/1998, 6:10 pm
Re: Fittings are just long enough for 3/16" strips
Mark Kanzler -- 8/6/1998, 6:17 pm
Re: Fittings are just long enough for 3/16" strips
Mark Kanzler -- 8/16/1998, 10:40 am
Re: Fittings are just long enough for 3/16" strips
Scotty -- 8/17/1998, 12:43 pm
Re: Fittings are just long enough for 3/16" strips
Mark Kanzler -- 8/18/1998, 12:04 am
Re: Show off!
Ross Leidy -- 8/16/1998, 10:37 pm
Re: I Like the Recessed Deck Fittings!
Mark Kanzler -- 8/6/1998, 5:38 pm
Re: similar hatch problem and solution
Bobby Curtis -- 8/4/1998, 8:57 am
Answers to size, material, and building method
Pete Ford -- 8/4/1998, 8:08 pm
Re: Jay Babina's VCP hatch method.
Nick Schade -- 8/5/1998, 3:33 pm
Re: Pete's Kayak Konstruction Zone Website.
Mark Kanzler -- 8/5/1998, 10:41 am
Re: Answers to size, material, and building method
Bobby Curtis -- 8/4/1998, 11:06 pm
Re: similar hatch problem and solution
Jay Babina -- 8/3/1998, 4:38 pm
Re: beautiful work
Ross Leidy -- 8/3/1998, 10:21 am
Almost in the water
Pete Ford -- 8/4/1998, 12:56 am
Re: similar hatch problem and solution
Martin Foil -- 8/3/1998, 9:06 am
Re: VCP Hatches On Chesapeake Kayaks
Mike Scarborough -- 7/31/1998, 5:18 pm
Re: VCP Hatches On Chesapeake Kayaks
Bobby Curtis -- 8/4/1998, 8:51 am
Re: VCP Hatches On Chesapeake Kayaks
CHad -- 7/31/1998, 3:14 pm
Re: VCP Hatches On Chesapeake Kayaks
Bobby Curtis -- 8/4/1998, 8:38 am