Cule (pronounced ‘cool’) started out as a locally based manufacturer of premium-quality boat hatches and our manufacturing side of the business continues to thrive today in West Auckland, NZ. 

Cule hatches are proudly licenced as NZ Made products making them pretty unique in todays market. 

Twelve popular sized hatches are routinely produced, held in stock and available for purchase here.

However, it's our ability to manufacture custom hatches that sets us apart. 

If you require a hatch outside of our 12 popular sized hatches, Cule is uniquely positioned to help and can deliver one-off or small production runs of hatches that are non-standard as to size, shape, materials or components.

Our team will work with you to design a custom hatch that meets all your requirements for functionality and style. The type of information we require includes: 

Make and model of boat
Cut out size of the hatch (actual size of the aperture)
Location of the hatch 
Desired look: colour, finish etc
Any aspects that affect the functionality of the hatch
Photos are useful especially for replacing existing hatches

Replacing an existing hatch?

If you're looking to replace an existing hatch we suggest you first check to see if any of our twelve sizes will suit. Some of these are direct replacements for older, obsolete hatches in the market and they offer a cost-effective solution. 

RC Marine hatches

Our CLW50 and CLW51 are close substitutes for some of the now obsolete Weaver hatches. The Weaver hatches have a smaller corner radius however if it’s practical to alter the aperture, our standard models will work well OR we can custom build a replacement.

Many of the Weaver hatches are still going strong but require new strut arms. Ours are a good replacement and can be purchased here.

Please note we are unable to replace Weaver friction hinges or hinge parts.

Farr 10/20 yachts

Our CLW51 is a good replacement for the forward hatch on a Farr 10/20 yacht with our CLW30 offering a close substitute for the cabin hatch.

Weaver hatches

Our CLW50 and CLW51 are close substitutes for some of the now obsolete Weaver hatches. The Weaver hatches have a smaller corner radius however if it’s practical to alter the aperture, our standard models will work well OR we can custom build a replacement.

Many of the Weaver hatches are still going strong but require new strut arms. Ours are a good replacement and can be purchased here.

Please note we are unable to replace Weaver friction hinges or hinge parts.