I got a huge garbage bag from the Alton marina to make a dust catcher attached from below with masking tape. (the Alton marina in Illinois is covered which is why I choose to do this project now.

I filled the gap with epoxy in two stages (partly because my epoxy order was short one tube and getting some locally without a car turned out to be difficult)

These machine screws should really be flush so I can compress the butyl tape without the frame bottoming out so I carefully filed
them down.

While the balsa was airing out and I waited for an order of epoxy I set to clean all the caulk residue from the hatch frame .

I got a huge garbage bag from the Alton marina to make a dust catcher attached from below with masking tape. (the Alton marina in Illinois is covered which is why I choose to do this project now.

Yet another boater lent me this great little rasp bit that was exactly the right diameter (luckily I brought my drill)

I took out all the rotten core until I hit dry balsa (as deep a one inch in a few places but mostly about 5/8).

Because the hatch had also been caulked form the inside - and that had mostly held up over the years - water was getting trapped and rotted some balsa core.

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I got a huge garbage bag from the Alton marina to make a dust catcher attached from below with masking tape. (the Alton marina in Illinois is covered which is why I choose to do this project now.

sebastien
Sep 27, 2021

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Category: Front hatch repair

Album: The main hatch has has been leaking for a while but I wanted to get off the great lakes before taking it apart (I made a quick and dirty rain cover that attached into the four existing snaps for the sun shade)

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Date added: Sep 27, 2021

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