I need to rebuild the bow hatch cover on my saltare and was wondering others have done.
I need to rebuild the bow hatch cover on my saltare and was wondering others have done.
Function before fashion!
After disassembling mine for teak work, I think you could easily rebuild one if you wanted.
I guess i was wondering if anyone had done anything besides teak, like a composite.
Function before fashion!
small non-weight supporting piece like that you could use starboard. i've seen pics on here where someone has a black hatch...can't remember who.
Can you make two? My boat has never had one.
Former owner of a 1987 Supra Saltare. Current owner of a Malibu 23LSV.
Newer boats had the composite hatches. You can see if by some miracle Supra has the parts for them.
Yep, that was me.
Not sure if it was original, but rotten none the less. Had a plywood frame and hinged hatch that were delaminated with teak inserts and broken plastic latch.
Made a one piece hatch out of 1/2" black starboard. Had to grind the glass and trim the hatch to reuse the original hinge & screwed directly to the drop edge of the glass. Used automotive edge trim around the raw glass edges under the hatch and added a s/s slam hatch. Topped it off by salvaging the teak trim pieces off of the old hatch to keep a bit of the old heritage bow to stern (teak bow hatch trim, helm storage pods, doghouse storage lid, & platform).
Last edited by sybrmike; 05-03-2013 at 12:19 PM.
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Yep, that's the one i remembered seeing. Great job on the boat by the way.
Last edited by 2500HD; 05-03-2013 at 12:20 PM.
Function before fashion!
^ love that vinyl pattern! (not the old one, lol)