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I am very interested in seeing how the hatch is done as this is something I have been thinking about since we got our Spectre last year, I went with the bent plastic windshield and you're correct Sean, it will completely change the boat, the pressure on your neck from the wind is drastically reduced, I like the idea of your windshield. I do have a question though, I had considered placing the hatch to one side so that I could access all the room in the hull, is your hatch going to be big enough to crawl into the hull or just for storage on top of the tunnel? I though I would put the hatch on the same side as the helm to make it easier to get access to the back of the dash, as it is now I have to remove the seat to be able to get up there.
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Originally Posted by timewarp
I am very interested in seeing how the hatch is done as this is something I have been thinking about since we got our Spectre last year, I went with the bent plastic windshield and you're correct Sean, it will completely change the boat, the pressure on your neck from the wind is drastically reduced, I like the idea of your windshield. I do have a question though, I had considered placing the hatch to one side so that I could access all the room in the hull, is your hatch going to be big enough to crawl into the hull or just for storage on top of the tunnel? I though I would put the hatch on the same side as the helm to make it easier to get access to the back of the dash, as it is now I have to remove the seat to be able to get up there.
Thanks for posting this thread it is very interesting(also entertaining
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Caleb
Thanks for posting this thread it is very interesting(also entertaining
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Sounds good, from the picture it was hard to tell if there was enough room to be able to crawl into either hull, I know it's got to be easier than crawling into there with the seats in, I can do it pretty easy on the passenger side but the steering wheel makes it near impossible with out removing the seat on the other side. I was just thinking about putting it to one side so you could drop straight down into the hull rather than crawling off the tunnel. I saw a 32 Skater with a cabin and that's how you accessed the cabin, through a hatch on the Port side, and most of the Flat deck Skater's I've seen have the hatch's to the side.
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