Rear Hatches
 

On my 1990 V20 sport the rear hatch covering the live well is cracked. I contacted Wellcraft thru the local Wellcraft dealer and was told that these hatches are no longer available. Does any one know of where I might get a used hatch? It is repairable, which I will have done if no replacement is found. Thanks Bill Mc

Re: Rear Hatches
 

Mac, short of finding a hull that's damaged and being able to salvage that off of it, I think you're gonna have a difficult time to replace that with an original. I would look into having it repaired. A hatch repair job shouldn't break the bank either.

Re: Rear Hatches
 

have you thought about using star board to replace it

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They appear to be the same size. The tops are different but if the starboard would fit the difference would not matter. Do you have one? Bill Mc

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Mac can you post a picture. Really . . . . It won't be hard to fix. That's the wonderful thing about fiberglass.

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* I think I know how to do the fiber glass repair. *What I would like is the outsides of the hatch to all be uniform in color. *http://img42.photobucket.com/albums/...ckey/hatch.jpgI have a photo how do I get it in my post? *Thanks Bill Mc

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sorry idont have a replacement for your hatch. :'(

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Mac, I was just looking at the pics of the damaged hatch. I think that can be repaired. You may also want to consider recessed pop-up-cleats. That's how it suffered the crack. Someone probably leaned on it while it was open against that cleat and applied too much pressure. Mine has a recess in the fiberglass coaming so that the top of the cleat sits just about flush with the top of the gunwhale. But a pop-up-cleat would accomplish the same thing and would prevent any snags when your out fishing too.

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Thanks CB I'm just leaving work I'll look into it more when I get home. Bill Mc

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Mac , A good glass man can fix that and you should never be able to tell that it was broken . A guy at my marina has an 18 ' and he had both hatches broken almost beyond repair . He had a cabnet shop make a new pair out of teak . They looked good , but yours should be an easy fix . Good luck