Finish fitting the hatch surround and Start to fit and make up the sliding main hatch rails and the washboard rails

Finished fitting the main hatch surround so the the hatch can be positioned in the correct place to slide along the sliding hatch rails when they are made up

The repaired hatch just needed of trimming to make it fit over the new hatch surround 

Now that the new hatch surround is in position, it can be worked out how much the wedge piece at the forward end of the new hatch rails as to be to make the new sliding hatch rails let the hatch slide along the rails 

The old washboards which are going to be patterns to make the new set and also how the washboards were originally fitted to the boat 

Fitting the outer set of washboard rails 

This spirit level shows how much the curve of the deck is in the run of the sliding hatch 

The outer set of hatch rails dry fitted 

Now it is time to start making the long sliding hatch rails, once I get the teak to make them up