cabin hatch

hedgehog · #1 09-20-2007, 12:01 AM

Hi, first time post ! recently purchased a 1973 23' tsunami...looking for an original cabin hatch (top) or any ideas of a good working retrofit that I can fabricate myself. any and all help apprectiated

Capt Chuck · #2 09-20-2007, 07:44 AM

Welcome to CSC!
You can send a PM to member "abl111" he has a '75 tsunami and re-did his.....Don't forget to get your 1973 Potter Built sticker....use the search function !!

BTW: What's up with all the "Hogs" on this site. We have a "Wart" now A "Hedge" and Spider's girlfriend [img]/forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

bigeasy1 · #3 09-20-2007, 09:08 AM

Welcome to a great site,with lots of good info and knowledgeable helpful people.I'm doing over a 74 Tsunami I/O,,and am getting closer to the cuddy area,and may be fabricating a new hatch.

The hatch in mine is pretty beat up,and may need major work,so i may be fabricating a new one.I may have the old one available,if it works that way,your welcome to it.

Where in R.I.are you located,I'm probably not that far away from you,as i'm in Ma.

If i can help,or supply any info,feel free to pm me.Good luck with your project,how much work does it need? Bought my Tsunami last november,and thought i would be farther along at this point,but one problem seems to always lead to another.

jongolds · #4 09-20-2007, 01:23 PM

I have the same issue and would love to hear about any solutions you come up with. I'll do the same. Right now, I just have a big fiberglass panel with a piano hinge about 1/3 of the way back from the front lip. It sucks. It's too big and heavy to store practically while the boats in use. I thought about trying to figure out some substitute using canvas or vinyl that could be easily stowed while underway but don't know how to use something like that and get a watertight seal to keep the rain out.

abl1111 · #5 09-20-2007, 05:42 PM

I have the original one and it's in pretty good shape. Don't know how I can help you guys with it though other than to take pix and measure it if you want.

Seems like a mold would be the best way to make one - or a few.

hedgehog · #6 09-22-2007, 10:46 AM

Thanks John, just purchased mine about a month ago...just needed a little wiring work to get underway. The boat was repowered (I/O) in the early 90's and is in great condition. Need to recore the forward deck hatch (someone cut it in half) and around the front of the engine hatch/livewell area.

this site was a big help in my decision to purchase the boat and has given me a list of projects a mile long to work on over the winter. Right now I have been out chasing the tuna...fish first/fix the cosmetics later.

I found another tusnuami/sceptre at a nearby marina and it turns out it belongs to a family friend (small world). gonna see if I can borrow his hatch over the winter to figure it out. Hoping I could find one in tact to just drop it on the boat...but from what I have read on this site the original design is far from flawless. I'll keep you posted on what I come up with.

I am located in Pt.Judith RI

Thanks, Jeff

hedgehog · #7 09-22-2007, 10:56 AM

Thanks Capt. Chuck, I will contact abl....read a post on this site that gave me the impression that the factory hatch was not to user friendly. I'm not sure if I will be using the walk thru windshield so I may come up with my own design. Right now it is just two pieces of tinted plexiglas..works great as long as its not raining.

as far as the screename....boat is the "hedgerunner" and I am a harley rider as well.

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hedgehog · #8 09-22-2007, 10:58 AM

How do you like the functionality of the factory hatch???