J/30 Class Association Forums J/30 Forum The Boat, Sails and Equipment hatch choice help

Majic carpet now has the Lewmars listed above. These are very robust hatches and I suspect they will survive a very long time. The installation required filling a lot of old holes and then drilling and isolating the new ones. all of the new bolts are full length thru bolts with acorn nuts This is a key detail to keeping the flange sealed to the hull. No short cuts here. the new hatches kept rain and snow out all winter here in Oregon so I think they are good to go now. These also work great and the large hatch can be left in multiple positions and it stays in place the same is true for the smaller hatches. This was not an inexpensive upgrade, but it is a worthwhile one if you like to keep the H2O on the outside of the boat and not in the cabin The old hatches on my boat were so bad it was like being under a waterfall when it rained.