The forward hatch design has been drafted and the prism ordered and delivered!
It is a gorgeous thing. The brass is substantial and refined, the prism is chunky and hardy. It is surprising how it truly offers complete privacy yet will bring so much beautiful light into the vberth space.
I was a bit surprised and disappointed by the design between those brass plate and the prism. I had expected that the plate would have an inner lip on which the prism would sit thereby keeping the prism in place and from falling through. Instead, the plate rests on a lip or recess around the outer circumference of the prism. This means that that hatch itself will have to have a lip designed in the plywood foundation layer. I am excited to get going with the build now!
And here are my designs:
The Chronic Cantabridgean 