Hard Dodger

[RockysMate]

this is not a dodger.   the dodger is in the next post.

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/4X2uU6ZkUPKx-H8qwVyoRoCFB8m-Nhn8XjO7z5ZeoZI?feat=directlink

[RockysMate]

Sorry, the the link above is not a dodger.


https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/QgPNvERN_8j4ypVFHcZbfdMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink

[Bev & Billy on Sta-sea-dawn]

Ahoy, I am considering a hard dodger for my ketch, hull 192. 
How is yours doing after 3 years?  It looks great in your photo.
Did you build it or have it built?  If you built it, could you give
some in site on the method you used.
Sta-sea-dawn in New Port Richey, Fl....Bev and Billy

[Jim S]

How are you going to access the companionway sliding hatch and the parts/fittings under the seahood? 

[dutchie]

it looks great nice job but i wonder how it looks from the site and how it compares te the rest of boat are there more pictures? and of course are there more pictures of others who installed a hard dodger

[Bev & Billy on Sta-sea-dawn]

How are you going to access the companionway sliding hatch and the parts/fittings under the seahood?

Jim...morning...I never did the hard dodger and still might.  but old age or oldtimers memory, what is the sea hood and what is below it?

[Jim S]

The sea hood is the protective cover the companionway hatch slides into when it is slid forward.  Sometimes it is called a turtle.  The function is to keep blowing wind/water and boarding sea water from pouring into the cabin around the forward side of the companionway hatch.  On Phantom the aluminum strut that secures the mainsheet is located inside the sea hood.

[P69]

See picture. The fasteners holding mine down  were a source of leaks. I remove it, removed the rotten core, filled with epoxy, then drilled/tapped for machine screws (with butyl).

[Bev & Billy on Sta-sea-dawn]

thank you..Billy