Nice... I also made new hatch boards for my M17 this spring. I looked at using Starboard or similar, but from comments & feedback on this list & my own deliberations, I decided to not use it (a lot to do with how heavy it is, and also with how much it shrinks/expands with temperature). I will have some pix up eventually, but very briefly, I used 12mm Baltic birch plywood (9-ply, just a touch under 1/2"), doused in CPES on all edges, glassed on outside, epoxy coated all sides & edges, then varnished (to protect epoxy from UV). I cut the joints between boards at 45 deg. aft-sloping overlap to shed water, no need for overlap-strips. A bit more work, but sure looks nice, and durable enough with a lot less weight. At some point I may put some kind of small vent or vent/port in the top board. cheers, John On 07/22/2018 02:59 PM, michael hettler via montgomery_boats wrote:

To:montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com‎Jul‎ ‎22 at ‎8‎:‎31‎ ‎AMPicture of my project for the summer, new marineboard hatch boards.  $70 for piece of 1/2 by 24 by 54, $6 for a piece of 6 by 12 inch 1/4, some stainless screws.  Measure twice, cut once outside lines and plane to size,  Hatchboards never to rot again. Mike HettlerM15 Annebonny

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