Hoping to get some advice on building a new engine hatch for a Baja 270. I had my original replaced last year with 3/4" Marine plywood and new vinyl, but it is too heavy, and the sunpad is getting dorked up with everyone getting on and off the boat. I was considering replacing it with a fiberglass hatch to try and cut down on weight and to be more durable. From the other posts on this subject, and my limited experience with fiberglassing, I was thinking of a Coosa core and fiberglass to finish it. The piece would be roughly 6.5'x5'. Does Coosa make a core that is structurally strong enough to just put a finish layer of glass along with the fiberglass underside I already have. Is this a bad idea? I dont have enough experience to do the high speed stuff with molds, etc, and the shape is so easy I thought this might be a simple solution. Thanks for the help.

Do a search on here, I am pretty sure there are a couple of threads with step by step instructions.

Do you have a wife or girlfriend that is going to miss the soft sun deck when they are Tanning there beautiful bodies

Thanks, Ill keep researching the threads for some specifics. It maybe something I need to find a good glass shop to do. Anyone know a good one in SW Arizona?

Wife may miss the sunpad, but she wont miss my b****ing about the spills, footprints, etc that I am always scrubbing.