Has anyone ever heard, or think it is possible, to have a non-flush hatch cover, held down by webbing, ripped off by a crashing wave catching under whatever rim exists between foam and hatch cover. I never considered this until I tried to launch in some surf and had some padeyes which were epoxied to underside of deck get ripped off when a wave broke into cockpit and caught on the object that the padeyes were holding in place. As a result, I am considering the possibility of epoxying a splash guard to deck around the rim of the hatch cover to deflect any such wave. As it now stands, my hatches are held down by 4 screws into sheer clamps (which hold the webbing in place).

Dave