Michael, What you say makes a lot of sense. I forgot how close the hatch is to the bow. One dip of the bow and I guess the inside of the cabin would look like a car wash. Thanks, Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Ray Wisely" <michaelraywisely@earthlink.net> To: "montgomery boats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 12:46:55 AM (GMT-0500) America/New_York Subject: Re: M_Boats: Subject: Hatches "Joe" On 4/26/08 7:20 PM, "montgomery_boats-request@mailman.xmission.com" <montgomery_boats-request@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:

Subject: M_Boats: Hatches Hi Joe,

I was puzzled by that as well, however, I'm sure one of the reasons would become apparent if you were motoring or sailing in chop and nosed into a swell. Water over the bow would keep the hatch down in it's current configuration (if it was to come unlatched or left open) , but not so much if it opened forward. Imagine the water intake in such a situation. Yikes! On vessels with more foredeck between the bow and a forward hatch, it's probably not so much of an issue. Come to think of it, I believe the Chris Craft 32' that I owned many years ago had a rear facing hatch as well...hmmm. My "unlearned, non-sailboat designing" opinion. Michael Ray _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats