Repair of anchor hatch

Chris1956

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Use plywood and saturate it with poly resin. After you install and seal the inner skin, it will last for a decade or more.
 

Mischief Managed

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Here are a few pics showing rotten wood and hatch ready for repair. If I go with the Star Board option, what specific West System epoxy do you recommend to bond board in place and can it be used with fiberglass mat or chopped fibers?

I used 105 resin, but my hatch just had a 1/2"x3/4"x8" strip of wood that was surrounded by glass. The resin on mine is not structural at all and is really on there as filler/glue. The hinge screws on mine keep the plastic in place too as they pass through the fiber glass hatch first, then into the plastic.
 
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