Simple Simon wrote:

Thanks Thom. Good eye!

I got tired of the rotten wood a couple of years ago and made
the seats/locker hatches out of 3/4" Star Board® which is a plastic
guaranteed for life.

Makes one wonder why the hatches weren't made out of a suitable material in the first place.


Expensive as hell but worth it. I will never
have to maintain rotting wood hatches again. Between the two
hatches there is 250 dollars of plastic.

Thus doubling the value of your vessel.

(including the cost to
have them custom cut and beveled.

What, don't you know how to cut a bevel?

DSK