a beautiful boat should sail forever.
The hatch door in the Cleopatra
The new hatch in the top surface of the Cleopatra gives vastly superior access to the lazarette. It's watertight, sturdy, and large enough to shove a sail bag and most of my handheld power tool boxes into if I like.
There's no comparison between this and the original access hatches really - except for something that might actually be laying directly underneath something else, I can pull out anything from this storage area now just by opening this hatch. This space was previously huge but difficult to make use of.
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Location: Marina Del Rey, CA
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Comment by Eddie Offermann on May 15, 2013 at 7:50pm
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The hatches are from "Bomar" - after a bad delivery experience where I got broken hatches from another manufacturer (obviously dropped by FedEx - the boxes were all dented on the same corner & edge and all hatches damaged along that same corner/edge) I decided to go with more expensive hatches (because I still felt like the new hatches shouldn't have broken even if dropped) and a more reliable vendor (that would look them over immediately before handing them to me).
I ordered these through West Marine - paid slightly more for Bomar (over SureSeal) but the hatches are of *superior* quality. You can feel the difference in the construction. They do indeed have a double-gasket arrangement where the lid and frame interlock for twice the seal. I feel very good about them being quite watertight.
My thought as I go through modifications on this boat are that a lot of what was there has lasted, quite solidly in most cases, for over 50 years. If somebody has to tear out, rebuild, replace or refit in 50 years from now, I'll have done my job to my own satisfaction (regular maintenance notwithstanding).
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Comment by Clyde A. Phillips on May 15, 2013 at 7:13pm
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Eddie, A beautiful installation. It looks as if it may have two gaskets with the frame and lid both having a groove and a lip—with a gasket in each groove and the lips going into the groove of the other part it should be waterproof almost forever. One other thought. If I owned a Newporter (or any other boat) I would like to know where you got them, who made them, and any other “etc.” Keep us up to date, especially with pictures. Many thanks.
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