Access Hatches rear cockpit bulkhead TC255

Captains Cat · Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:56 am Post subject:

Sorry Roger for the extra trip. I do things like that all the time, fortunately, even on the lift, the boat is only about 400' away!

John and Roger, thanks for the info, even a little bigger will help. Nothing in the way behind those hatches on my CAT, no floor, batteries anything. I have fuel filters, the macerator pumps (which hang on the hoses Disgust

) and, down at the bottom, the bilge pumps.

I'm gonna replace the smaller hatches with the larger ones. I'm sure someone can use the smaller ones somewhere.

Charlie

drjohn71a · Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:04 am Post subject:

Charlie,

They put my fuel filters out on the aft side of the transom, over the swim platform. Initially this looked odd to me and I was unhappy about that arrangement, but after several years of easy access to the fuel filters and with no possibility of fumes getting into the bilge while servicing them, I prefer that arrangement.

Is there room for you to to that too?

John

Captains Cat · Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:35 am Post subject:

Sure there is room and I've thought about it. May do it this winter since I'll be out of the water and off the lift till spring. Unfortunately, with the height on the trailer and the length, my boat will no longer fit in any of my many buildings. I can get the stern in the big bay up to the point where the radar interferes heightwise. At least I'll be able to work on the engines there. Lengthwise, the boat/trailer is 34'+ and that bay is only 28' anyway.