splashwell hatch

[Sean]

Currently my access/hatch on my 79 for my Battery and Oil and so on is located in my splash well. Most times when I would go out I seemed to be getting access amount of water in my hull which I assume is from waves coming over the transom and seeping in threw the hatch. With only a 20i transom my engine sits real low to the water so this could go bad fast. :o
Has any one ever moved the hatch to the other side of the splash well?
I would like to put a hatch were the wood is on the splash well in the picture.
I’m stuck @ work and probably could answer my own question when I get home, if it is possible. But just wondering if any one has ever done it, or had the same concerns.
As always, Thanks!!