[Capt Chuck]

Shy of completely sealing it up , you will need to do some some configurations.

I hate water in the bilge period. So I re-enforced the hatch cover itself. Then built a gutter system to channel the water to two drains each aft corner. The drains were then connected too my self bails out the transom. The hatch was hinged too the splashwell. (See attached pictures). All this was done prior to adding my bracket project. I used ¾" PVC cut in half length wise..
PS: Starboard is useless