Hi John, Welcome aboard. It's a great boat and you'll have a ball sailing it. My hull number is 400, so we're not too far apart. I presume that your hatch boards disappeared because the originals delaminated at the bottom. That was a problem I discovered with mine after I got it home and could inspect it more fully. I made new ones in three pieces using teak plywood; made for easier storage. Now I mount a companionway table on the lower hatch board for "fine dining afloat" - details of the table are in the archives. Keep us up to date on your modifications. There's always room for improvement! Happy sailing, Connie M15 #400 LEPPO Glastonbury, CT ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.