Transom hatch?

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  • #2966
    mudfud
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    Anyone built one?

    i know that structurally I will need to reinforce, especially under the galley, but I am more concerned with waterproofing.

    Don’t want to just install a marine hatch. Would like to keep the wood look.

    Thx

    chewy in Berkeley CA

    • This topic was modified 4 years, 8 months ago by mudfud. Reason: Misspelled hatch
    #2970
    jmb_builds
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    Have not built one into my camper, but designed some for ocean going ships. You need some gasket between your hatch cover and the coaming, I assume that’s clear. Then you need to apply sufficient pressure evenly across the whole gasket area to prevent water ingress. On the CLC kayaks, they use small toggles, but I doubt they will be able to sustain highway speed and vibration.  Depending on the purpose of the hatch, I believe the design can become quite complex. How do you want to use it? Escape hatch? Additional ventilation? To be opened from the inside, outside, or both? So many questions 😉

    #2971
    mudfud
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    Just for loading stuff easily from the outside. Sleeping bags, duffle, and to make it easier to clean out.

    I was thinking of cutting a square opening then building a rim and using some kind of weather stripping on the door that compress with locking latches, hinged at the bottom?

    #2972
    jmb_builds
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    Sounds good! I would fit a rim to the hatch cover in order to reinforce it, and to have a ‘pressure edge’ (non-english writer here, so I’m not sure about the exact term) that creates some interlocking with the seal. I doubt that an all-flat cover would be waterproof for long.

    #2973
    mudfud
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    Yes. I thought a reinforcing rim, to stiffen the piece, would be needed

    i will post pix if I get the nerve to do this.

    thanks!

    #4212
    venableme
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    Were you able to work out a system?

    I am thinking about making a door in transom as extra galley space: water and such.  We are short and don’t need as much foot room.

    #4215
    mudfud
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    I did not cut the extra hatch. Figured there was enough access, and I didn’t want to effect the strength.

    I did, however, make a box underneath, similar to the one they sell, with marine hatches on the side, which really provides lots of extra storage space. 

    #4218
    pwebster25
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    Got any pics of your box underneath?

     

    #4220
    mudfud
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    #4221
    mudfud
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    having trouble w uploads from phone

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    #4223
    pwebster25
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    Thanks for sharing.  How do you access your boxes?  I don’t see doors or hatches in the side.  I assume drawers in the back, but…

    Do you have floor access?

    How well has yours sealed?

    #4225
    mudfud
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    #4226
    mudfud
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    #4227
    mudfud
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    I didn’t want to cut through the floor. Sealed w automotive type stick on bead.

    mostly water resistant

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