<p style=”text-align: left;”>Great idea about temporarily stitching the transom. That really helped to figure out exactly what affect pushing the side panels in tight to the galley flat would have on everything else. I drilled a hole in the side panel, screwed a length of 2×4 to the galley flat and pulled the left side panel, 3&4, up tight to the galley flat with a long screw with a large washer on it so it wouldn’t pull through the plywood. Because of the angle between the 2 side panels it pulls the #3 panel under the #2 panel. I guess if I have to later it wouldn’t be too hard to take a little off the hatch lid sides if needed. Should the sides of the hatch lid overhang the side panels or vice-versa. I tried to find detail pictures in the manual but didnt see any. Either way I think it should be fixable with the plane or rasp. I still think the angle is messing things up more than it should and am wondering if heating it up will really let it straighten out enough or if I should just get out the saw and cut between the #2&3 panels about 6-8 inches to relieve the angle and reglass it after I get everything lined up. Here are some more pics of where I’m at.</p>
https://photos.app.goo.gl/dCLdm1SCuHE6apXL6
https://photos.app.goo.gl/sZWYYcPBbbnHN9gZ7