Hi Jerry
thanks for your input, when I started my hatches they were raised above the deck and would be higher than the deck, the covers were made to sit over the hatch like a box cover, this looked good on my previous schooner, but not on the VO 60 racing yacht I am building now as it needs to be sleek, I have reduced the sides of the hatch to be level with the false deck, and then surrounded the hatch with similar thickness as the deck planking, my hatch cover now sits on the deck with a box shape inside locating the cover, the seal which I have to find yet will lie between the cover and the deck, I see your cover sits level with the deck,
do you have a seal and if so where is it located???,
if you do have a seal what are you using please??
regards Geoff
I will be using your method of holding the hatch cover in place