advice on re-core fuel cell hatch

[phatdaddy]

never did like the way wellcraft had sheet metal screws holding down the hatch, too easy to strip out, kept loosening up, etc. decided to see if i could improve on this. screwed some aztec board to the stringers, going to drill and tap and put some 1/4-20 stainless screws in them. for the ones on the forward side i had to epoxy some starboard on the lip, bulkhead was to far away.

the "clamps" are pieces of 2" pvc, work great




when i changed out the tank 3 years ago, i had to cut the lip off one side. replaced it with aztec also



epoxy supplies should be here tuesday, tying to get it back together for snapper season,

all 3 days of it