As Billy and Faster have said...it really depends on what the
hatch is going to be used for. If it is to get access to a sail locker.... the foredeck location is the right one. If it is for light and ventilation, the cabin top makes a lot more sense.
Some boats even have both, since the sail locker or foredeck locker is sealed from the interior of the boat, and needs to have access. In many boats, the head is located at or near the v-berth, and the forward cabin top
hatch is often ventilation for the head compartment.
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New England
You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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