I have owned an
Endeavour 37 for 3 years now. Each spring I
haul out and store
on the hard until fall. In a few months I will go to launch my
boat, which brings up a problem that I have every year. While
on the hard, and for the first week or two on the
water, my
companionway hatch is very hard to slide open/closed. The reason for this, I have found, is that after sitting on her
keel for 6-8 months the whole
boat sorta relaxes and the opening of the
companionway expands about 3/8 of an inch, putting tension on the
hatch. There aren't any stress cracks or gel coat cracking that I can see. Is this normal, has anyone experienced this as well? A part of me reasons that it's natural for a boat to relax like this being out of the
water and not fully supported. Thanks in advance!