Tony; I just made( ok- with a little help) a new set from 3/8 teak plywood. The archives suggested to me to make them three piece, and to epoxy the edges. I'd decided to use Cetol, so overlapped the epoxy about 1/4" onto the flat. That might not look too great if you were going natural or oil finish. I sure don't see mine delaminating any time soon, at least from the edges soaking up water. I found a woodworker's specialty lumberyard here in Michigan that sold it in 4'x4' , one side teak, sections for less than $70.00, so had enough for a spare set and a fourth screened center section, and envision a dedicated compass mount small bottom board too. Idle minds and rainy days go together well! My old bracket compass needs replacing, and I don't like it there in the middle of the port bulkhead anyway, so I'm looking for ideas if anyone wants to offer suggestions. Still deciding if a real sailboat compass is what I need. Plastimo has Mini-Contest, and Mini-C, and Ritchie has a similarly priced model (maybe SR-2 Venture-if my memory is engaged) that look useful. Hey, and maybe that little table idea somebody posted. I've been rolling the idea around for a table base/small item/beverage holder to fit over the compass mount board too, another archive posting idea. Happy Father's Day & Happy Summer, Ron Stanton M-15 249 In a message dated 6/20/2009 2:55:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, tonyreed219@gmail.com writes: I have teak plywood hatch board that are absorbing water down the sides and coming apart. I have to replace them but I am not sure what to use. Replacing them with the same material is not a good option since mine are less than a year old. I was just wondering what others are using. Thanks, Tony 08 M17 _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats Remember, there is no privacy on the Internet! **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222585064x1201462784/aol?redir=http... JunestepsfooterNO62)