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jrobert753 posted 06-13-2013 12:53 PM ET (US)
I am restoring a 1988 Montauk and it came with an awful looking bow locker hatch cover that weighed a ton. I ordered a new one from Specialty Marine, it's a nicely finished mahogany plywood cover, but I really wanted the original teak 6 board hatch cover. Before I threw away the old one I had removed, I did some disassembly to see if any of the original hatch was used for the cover that was there. Underneath gobs of paint and a sheet of aluminum attached with 70 screws was the original hatch cover. Now I want to restore it, but they added some reinforcements on the back and I am not sure what was there originally.
Can anyone provide pictures of the back of a bow locker hatch?
L H G posted 06-13-2013 02:18 PM ET (US)
There are two cross members that hold the boards together. Mahogany is used, about 5/4 x 2 nominal dimension.
Whaler used 1-1/4" #10 philipps screws, 4 per board, installed crudely with a screw gun, no counter sinking, no pegs.
Since I was varnishing, I removed each screw one at a time, drilled for a 3/8" peg, and re-installed a shorter #10 x 1" screw, covered with a mahogany peg. Came out with a really nice finished look. No photo.
jrobert753 posted 06-14-2013 05:03 PM ET (US)
Can you give me some measurements? I would like to know the distance between the front edge and the hinged edge and the cleats? There are 3 cleats on my hatch cover now, and I am guessing that the originals rotted out and they replace al of them. The lifting hole goes right through the cleat near the front edge, and that doesn't seem right.
L H G posted 06-14-2013 06:22 PM ET (US)
I'm sorry but I can't. My boat is 300 miles away right now, and besides, my '79 has the 5 board cover and your '88
would have the wider 6 board cover.

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Author	Topic: Montauk 17 Bow Hatch
jrobert753	posted 06-13-2013 12:53 PM ET (US) I am restoring a 1988 Montauk and it came with an awful looking bow locker hatch cover that weighed a ton. I ordered a new one from Specialty Marine, it's a nicely finished mahogany plywood cover, but I really wanted the original teak 6 board hatch cover. Before I threw away the old one I had removed, I did some disassembly to see if any of the original hatch was used for the cover that was there. Underneath gobs of paint and a sheet of aluminum attached with 70 screws was the original hatch cover. Now I want to restore it, but they added some reinforcements on the back and I am not sure what was there originally. Can anyone provide pictures of the back of a bow locker hatch?
L H G	posted 06-13-2013 02:18 PM ET (US) There are two cross members that hold the boards together. Mahogany is used, about 5/4 x 2 nominal dimension. Whaler used 1-1/4" #10 philipps screws, 4 per board, installed crudely with a screw gun, no counter sinking, no pegs. Since I was varnishing, I removed each screw one at a time, drilled for a 3/8" peg, and re-installed a shorter #10 x 1" screw, covered with a mahogany peg. Came out with a really nice finished look. No photo.
jrobert753	posted 06-14-2013 05:03 PM ET (US) Can you give me some measurements? I would like to know the distance between the front edge and the hinged edge and the cleats? There are 3 cleats on my hatch cover now, and I am guessing that the originals rotted out and they replace al of them. The lifting hole goes right through the cleat near the front edge, and that doesn't seem right.
L H G	posted 06-14-2013 06:22 PM ET (US) I'm sorry but I can't. My boat is 300 miles away right now, and besides, my '79 has the 5 board cover and your '88 would have the wider 6 board cover.