[Public-list] Plexiglass in Sliding Hatch?

[John Birch]

Phil Birekenheier's A-30 Gemini has a smoked plexi teak rimmed companionway 
hatch slider in place of the standard one - looks great. It's a fairly dark 
smoked hatch - would guess about 50% reduction.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Staehling" <staehpj1 at yahoo.com>
To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 6:04 PM
Subject: [Public-list] Plexiglass in Sliding Hatch?


>I am still mulling over my options for the hatches and
> seat tops where the wooden inserts are self
> destructing.
>
> It occurred to me that it might be nice to put
> plexiglass (lexan?) in the sliding hatch on the
> companionway.  I imagine that it might make the cabin
> hot in some circumstances but a canvas cover would
> remedy that.  It seems like cutting out a rectangular
> window where the wood was would be easy and a recess
> could be cut with a router to inlay the plexi so it
> would be flush.
>
> Would the big hole weaken the hatch too much?  How
> thick should the plexi be?
>
> In rainy or chilly weather when things are closed up
> the light would be nice.  Smoked plexi hatch boards
> are tempting too.
>
> Is is any of this a bad idea for some reason?
>
> Pete
> #554
>
>
>
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