Hatch combings

The next step is to attach combings to the hatches for the hatch covers to make a seal on. It is very similar to making the cockpit combing but the spacer and lip extend to the inside of the boat and are much thinner.

The very first thing is to cut the spacers to the right length and epoxy saturate them. Also you need to fiberglass the lips then cut them to the right length as well. I messed a couple of these steps up. First I cut my stern spacers hastily and they ended up too short. I ended up getting the little pieces that I cut off and fiberglass taping them back together and then recutting them. That worked fine. Then I also overcut/cut at the wrong angle my stern lips. Those I couldn't just reattach because I had done so much filing, so Pygmy sent me some new ones, and it just took a little longer to finish the hatches than I thought.

Once everything is the right length, just like the cockpit combing, you use clamps to glue the spacers to the boat (with wood flour thickened epoxy).


Once the spacer dries you attach the lips.

And ta-da! Finish off with two layers of fiberglass tape on the underside of the seams, a bit of sanding and filling in gaps with epoxy and they're done. We will bed some foam around the lip so that the hatch cover can make a nice watertight seal.