Do you have photos? I see some corner cracks starting to form in mine but not sure if same.   And I don’t understand why you needed plexiglass, was the original also cracked?  I need help to understand what you did and then what I may need to do.
Patrick

On Sun, Aug 27, 2023 at 8:28 AM Chris Geankoplis <chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I love it when someone fixes the un fixable!
> Chris Geankoplis
> Xenos.
>
> On Sun, Aug 27, 2023 at 5:56 AM Jeff Smith Photo <jeffsmithphoto at gmail.com
> >
> wrote:
>
> > When I called up the company that makes the Jim Black hatches used by
> > General boats, they said that the outer flange was impossible to repair.
> I
> > tried 5200 long dry (the devil's glue) and it worked! Goop was used to
> > secure the gasket. A piece of 1/4" 16.75x16.75 white translucent
> plexiglass
> > was glued to the flange with West epoxy G-10 and voila a like new hatch.
> >
> > Best Regards
> > Jeff Smith
> > www.http://JeffSmithPhoto.Net
> > 732-236-1368
> >
>