There are many hatch's to choose from, go to www.bla.com.au

great choice of boat, i've got a redwitch so they're very similar boats.
I'm assuming that the redwitch and red jacket have similar fore hatches and when we lost ours in the drink off freo we went to Greg's Marine in O'Conner. They've made us a fore hatch out of perspex, a fibreglass main hatch and a rudder and they're pretty top blokes.
http://www.aussieweb.com.au/business/gregs+marine+service/1460009/
Please note, I do not work for or advertise for Greg's Marine.
Where have you got your Red Jacket Kendallfox?

benateau281 said...

Yes i stated out witha red jacket 25years a go . I can remeber the hatch cover it was a domed perspexs. My was cracked and i could not find one any were i was going to go to a glass shop and see if they could get one shape. the other alteritive is to install a hatch and frame whitch involve cutting the raised lip out. A lot of work. The boat is a great piece of gear and you will have great fun with it.

If kendlefox knows someone with a similar redjacket then the best bet may be to borrow the hatch off it for a couple of days. Then flop mould a copy off the original. Even just covering the original in glad wrap, laying up a couple of lay ups then when it has gone off, remove it off the mould and layup some reinforcing sections inside. This may be the easiest and cheapest and get around the cabin top shape if I am remembering the redjacket correctly.
If I was doing the job I would not use fibreglass but epoxy, FGI 180 with cloth.

Did you get a new hatch? I've also recently bought a red jacket and it came with a cracked hatch cover. A friend is going to have a go moulding a replacement out of fiberglass but I'm considering replacing the original with a flat perspex hatch instead of the dome.