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Gentlemen,
I had the front cabin overhead hatch cut out glassed over and was wondering if that area is a flat surface or slightly rounded? I just can't remember...getting old or something. I know that it was glassed to match the surrounding area.

Much thanks.

The front deck has a very slight crown to it, where the hatch is, moving forward the deck seems to flatten out. Are you adding a bomar forward of the stock location? Hope it helps. BH

I was gonna mount a 18" x 18" flush mount hatch, not a Bomar...I forget the brand, but if there's a crown, then I'll just blow it off. You saved me a trip down to Freeport. Thanks for the help.

Is there room in front of the crowned area on the flat surface for a 18 x 18 cut out? It's hard to picture this without standing on the boat. I want to make sure that it doesn't interfere with the anchor locker. Thanks Bob and everyone else.

John, I went out back and put a staight edge on the deck right in front of the stock location you can fit an 18 x 18. The crown is less than 1/4" at each side of the straight edge. My boat is a 1966 just to keep apples to apples..BH

Bob,
It was an ebay auction for a Taylor Made ultra 2 model 50007 hatch. I didn't win...shucks. I was surfing around in the middle of the night and couldn't get anyone to reply. I called Taylor the next morning and was told that they didn't advise that anyone should walk on this hatch. The hatch retails for $ 600 to $800...sold for $145..missed it by 5 bucks...dang. Any advise on a hatch system moving forward in my project?
Thanks. The Taylor Made stuff sounded pretty slick, according to their web site.

Bob,
Thank you very much for taking the time to measure the space for me...That's alot of help. Might go with the Taylor Made Unless someone tells me diferent.