scott, this is a photo of Tony's front hatch, a big one that admits adult humans. It shows also a corner of his lightweight battened awning.

The bold rope section is very concave, so much so that

the angle between the alloy and the mounting surface

is excessive. To an extent, the pop rivets deform and

align, but there is a lot of rivet material in the

gap. This problem can be seen in the foto where the

replacement SS bolts are sharply angled in towards

each other and don't bear square onto the washers.

You can see where previous owners have applied

silicon. The rivet ends look awful, and some retain

rusted steel stems. Sometimes the end corrodes off,

sometimes the head of the rivet.

More and more often I see how the original Seawinds

were something just thrown together for daya sailing!

The aft tracks will be replaced with something else,

hopefully all of those holes in the hull will be

filled.