[Public-list] Main Hatch Cover Replacement

[JOHN GRAVES]

Hi Lou,
Yes, I would really like to see the pictures. I don't think they can be sent to the e-mail list but you can send them to my e-mail address jg1111 at msn.com<mailto:jg1111 at msn.com> . What was your old one like and was it original. I would be curious to know because yours is the same age as mine #15. Also, what type of locking system do you have on the new one and what did the old one have?
Thanks,
John
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Lou Stark<mailto:lpstark at cox.net> 
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  This past summer I rebuilt the main hatch cover for Reverie (US21
  c.1965).  It is basically a teak frame, into which I inserted 1/2"
  plywood.  Over this is glued 2" x 3/16 teak slats with sandable black
  caulk in-between the slats.  I have pics of the process and the results
  if there's interest.

  Lou Stark, Reverie US21
  Gloucester Point VA

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  [mailto:public-list-bounces at alberg30.org] On Behalf Of JOHN GRAVES
  Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 4:12 AM
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  Subject: [Public-list] Main Hatch Cover Replacement

  I am replacing the sliding hatch cover and the boards that slide into
  the companionway leading from the cockpit to the main cabin of my Alberg
  30 "Trelawney". Has anyone done this before, or knows about this, that
  could comment? The old ones were made of mahogany. They have been on the
  boat since I bought it 21 years ago. They could be original equipment. I
  don't know. The boat was built in 1965. I am planning to have them
  constructed of solid teak similar to the old mahogany ones. I was
  wondering what the different designs of hatch covers and boards (I want
  to say the term is duck boards or something like that) on Alberg 30's
  are? I am sure there are many different designs and options. The sliding
  hatch cover on mine is made of 5 planks running longitudinally and
  framed on the outside and with strips of mahogany adding additional
  support on the underside and looks to be screwed and glued. There are
  grooves between the planks on the outside surface on top which is cauked
  with black cauking. There are two boards that slide into the
  companionway. The bottom one looks to be marine plywood framed in
  mahogany and the upper one is mahogany, louvered for ventalation, with
  screen on the inside. The aft end of the sliding hatch cover on the
  underside has a hinged hasp that folds down over an eye on the upper
  duckboard for a padlock to go through. I think I have seen before on
  other sailboats a strip of metal about one inch wide and several inches
  long that is somehow attached to the underside of the sliding hatchcover
  and slides through a slot in the upper duckboard where a padlock can be
  passed through a hole in the metal strip. This seems to be a great
  design. There may be a company that makes this type of hardware. Has
  anyone seen this anywhere. It seems like on what I have seen before the
  slot was framed in a bronze looking insert inserted into the wood.
  I am planning to have the planks on the top of the sliding hatch cover
  joined together by 1 inch internal spleens with the grain running
  perpendicular to the grain of the planks to give strength and prevent
  splitting. I also want ribs running atwartship on the underside.
  Any comments would be appreciated.
  John
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