Companionway hatch test fit

The hatches are in progress -there will be a separate infill washboard to close
the companionway to the cockpit seat level, to comply with SAC rules - I had thought about hinges, overlaps and other solutions to make the main hatch multi purpose but could not find an elegant solution - the integrity of the main hatch was most important and I did not want to compromise its features

 Making Hatches

Today was spent making hatches

 sand deckhead fillets, mast bulkhead watertight hatch installed

today the mast bulkhead watertight hatch was installed onto a sapele frame that is epoxied onto the mast bulkhead, in effect increasing the size of the mast support. It still has to get its seal and the closures and of course some epoxy coating, 

and it can be removed and stored away if not needed, or used for chartwork, etc etc, ala James Wharrams flexispace

The coamings for the lazarette hatch are made and they will be epoxied on once the deck is glassed as it will be easier to glass the cockpit without the hatch coamings in place

and the deckhead fillets are being sanded