Sliding Hatch cover - COVER OR LID

[walterg]

Hi Rob, I had a similar issue some years back…here’s how I dealt with it. Best of luck, Walter

Companionway hatch cover rebuild

The cover over the sliding companionway hatch on my 1987 Mull 28 sloop had become soft and punky to the point where I avoided stepping on it, so its remediation was added it to my winter project list. After removing the 7 screws holding it to the deck, pulling the cover off the boat and flipping it over on some sawhorses, I could see the dark spots of rotted balsa core through the fiberglass skin. The skin where the sections of the cover joined had delaminated to where I could pull it apart wi…