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It turned out great and all the screw holes are isolated from the balsa (something the factory should really have done too!)
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The hatch was previously fastened with wood screws (they only threaded the top layer of solid fiberglass and dug into the balsa core. I replaced them all with machine screws washers and nyloc nuts.
It goes around the corners just fine.
I used butyl tape (two layers in this application) from Sailrite to bed the frame.
It turned out great and all the screw holes are isolated from the balsa (something the factory should really have done too!)
I was pretty diligent when working with the epoxy so I just had to hand sand the edge.
Thanks to another boater with a rental car I got the third tube I needed to finish the fill
This is what I've used on all the bedding and preventative balsa protection I've done on the boat and I really like working with it.
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It turned out great and all the screw holes are isolated from the balsa (something the factory should really have done too!)

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It turned out great and all the screw holes are isolated from the balsa (something the factory should really have done too!)
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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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