The aka access ports will be circles of mahogany ply, screwed on with silicone sealer under.
The aft aka sleeve is firmly attached:
The sleeve was made on the pipe, with two wraps of heavy plastic sheeting for spacing, and many wraps of waxed paper (the width of the roll's worth) as a parting agent. Two wraps of 6-oz glass cloth pre-saturated on the table with epoxy made up the sleeve itself.
The sleeve was attached with lots of chopped strand epoxy goop (strong!) to fill the corners, and three layers of 6-oz glass cloth saturated with epoxy. The aka pipe slides through it easily, yet the fit is tight enough that I believe it won't be noisily chattering in certain conditions.
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