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Jerry,

Sorry to hear about your wife.

You can build something like this from the plans in our Download section. These plans may need modifying for your newer model however.
Scroll down to "Front Casting Platform for Sakonnet" here:
http://www.whalercentral.com/download...?cat_id=13

You can also look for the one designed for you model which was fiberglass with teak hatches.
There were two versions.
1. 1973-1975
http://www.whalercentral.com/photogal...oto_id=362

2. 1976 and later
Slightly different then above due to the newer smirked bow of this newer hull design.