The hatch in the drawing has a brass strip running in a wooden groove, however the hatch will slide more easily if you design it with metal running on metal. on the other hand you don’t want it running too freely or it will be sliding backwards and forwards every time the boat pitches and bobs in the water.. A quick video about how i am supporting the hatch doors on my jon boat and how i will mount the struts. make sure to check out my channel to see all the videos about the jon boat to bass boat project!. How to build a boat hatch how to build a deck in a bass boat | ehow, if you have your eye on a fancy new bass boat, but can't afford much more than a simple older one, don't fret. one of the most useful features of a bass..
Building your own (leakproof!) classic hatch. by armand stephens. article taken from good old boat magazine: volume 4, number 6, november/december 2001.. when mary and i bought our 1965 alberg 30 we knew that replacing the forward hatch was going to be one of many projects.. Good old boat (november/december 2002) which detailed the construction of a hatch in hardwood, and decided to give it a try. john gives a very basic step-by-step discussion of how to build the hatch, and provides excellent illustrations. i followed them for the most part, adding the particular dimensions for my forehatch.. I see howard rice and russell brown are putting flush wooden hatches in scamps (from a kit russell makes?) i did a similar thing on my goat island skiff build, but cut the hatches out with a japanese saw so i could use the piece i cut out as the hatch..
