Morning everyone. So my deck hatch was old and covered in cracks. Time to replace it. So far I’ve removed the hatch cover. Removed the old glass and got a new 1/2” piece of cast Acrylic in clear- got it from a buddy at the marina for 20$- and will tint it later. The hatch looks to be an Atkins Hoyle from what I’m being told, the offshore cast XR 100. Dimensions inside are 17 1/4” x 12 1/4”. Cast from what I’ve read and was told is stronger and will last longer in the sun. This is also why I will be tinting it with a ceramic tint to keep UVB down and heat out of the boat. 75$ CAD is what I’ve been quoted to do that tint job. Eventually I’ll do the starboard and port portholes as well
Cleaned:
I removed as much as I could manually and took it to a friend with a sandblaster using special media to not ruin the metal it was cleaned and sanded to have 100% surface cleanliness for superior bonding of adhesive
Not sure if I’ll be using the same style vent for this or maybe a smaller new style Lewmar. Passive vs solar and the lot.
I’ll be cutting and fitting it to the frame in the coming week and replacing the old seal as well.
Locked
