KBBS Archive 00,000

similar hatch problem and solution

Posted By: Pete Ford
Date: Saturday, 1 August 1998, at 7:40 p.m.

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 -- Friday, 31 July 1998, at 2:31 p.m.

Re: VCP Hatches On Chesapeake Kayaks
CHad -- Friday, 31 July 1998, at 3:14 p.m.

Re: VCP Hatches On Chesapeake Kayaks
Bobby Curtis -- Tuesday, 4 August 1998, at 8:38 a.m.

Re: VCP Hatches On Chesapeake Kayaks
Mike Scarborough -- Friday, 31 July 1998, at 5:18 p.m.

Re: VCP Hatches On Chesapeake Kayaks
Bobby Curtis -- Tuesday, 4 August 1998, at 8:51 a.m.

similar hatch problem and solution
Pete Ford -- Saturday, 1 August 1998, at 7:40 p.m.

Re: similar hatch problem and solution
Martin Foil -- Monday, 3 August 1998, at 9:06 a.m.

Re: beautiful work
Ross Leidy -- Monday, 3 August 1998, at 10:21 a.m.

Almost in the water
Pete Ford -- Tuesday, 4 August 1998, at 12:56 a.m.

Re: similar hatch problem and solution
Jay Babina -- Monday, 3 August 1998, at 4:38 p.m.

Re: similar hatch problem and solution
Bobby Curtis -- Tuesday, 4 August 1998, at 8:57 a.m.

Answers to size, material, and building method
Pete Ford -- Tuesday, 4 August 1998, at 8:08 p.m.

Re: Answers to size, material, and building method
Bobby Curtis -- Tuesday, 4 August 1998, at 11:06 p.m.

Re: Pete's Kayak Konstruction Zone Website.
Mark Kanzler -- Wednesday, 5 August 1998, at 10:41 a.m.

Re: Jay Babina's VCP hatch method.
Nick Schade -- Wednesday, 5 August 1998, at 3:33 p.m.

Recessed Deck Line Fittings?
Nick Schade -- Wednesday, 5 August 1998, at 3:42 p.m.

I Like the Recessed Deck Fittings!
Pete Ford -- Wednesday, 5 August 1998, at 7:54 p.m.

Re: I Like the Recessed Deck Fittings!
Nick Schade -- Thursday, 6 August 1998, at 5:23 p.m.

Re: I Like the Recessed Deck Fittings!
Mark Kanzler -- Thursday, 6 August 1998, at 5:38 p.m.

Fittings are just long enough for 3/16" strips
Pete Ford -- Thursday, 6 August 1998, at 6:10 p.m.

Re: Fittings are just long enough for 3/16" strips
Mark Kanzler -- Thursday, 6 August 1998, at 6:17 p.m.

Re: Fittings are just long enough for 3/16" strips
Mark Kanzler -- Sunday, 16 August 1998, at 10:40 a.m.

Re: Show off!
Ross Leidy -- Sunday, 16 August 1998, at 10:37 p.m.

Re: Fittings are just long enough for 3/16" strips
Scotty -- Monday, 17 August 1998, at 12:43 p.m.

Re: Fittings are just long enough for 3/16" strips
Mark Kanzler -- Tuesday, 18 August 1998, at 12:04 a.m.

Re: Another Recessed Deck Fitting!
Mark Kanzler -- Tuesday, 11 August 1998, at 10:40 a.m.

Re: I Like the Recessed Deck Fittings!
Bobby Curtis -- Saturday, 15 August 1998, at 8:44 p.m.

Re: I Like the Recessed Deck Fittings!
Bobby Curtis -- Saturday, 15 August 1998, at 8:47 p.m.

Vitudden contact info
Pete Ford -- Monday, 24 August 1998, at 5:33 p.m.

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