[C320-list] Forward Hatch Gasket

[bruceheyman at cox.net]

Bert,
One of our friends that used to be on this list and are now cruising the Caribbean on their C320 had the same leakage problems many of us do.  He fixed it by noticing that the gasket was not making good contact in the corners.  He said he fixed the problem by stretching the coroners of the gasket about a 1/4" and then gluing them in place.

We are on a two week cruise on Somerset now so I took a look at ours and sure enough you can see in one of the coroners there is no indentation indicating no mating contact.  This is probably where my leak is coming from.

Happy New Year (Bon Ani) to everyone from Somerset currently in Long Beach,
Bruce
Somerset #671 SoCal

---- Dave Anderer <danderer at udel.edu> wrote: 
> Not sure if you mean a gasket between the (fixed) lower hatch frame and 
> the deck, or between the fixed and movable parts of the hatch.
> 
> If the latter, I replaced mine last year.  Bought 10' of gasket (p/n 
> p2000-25) from pompanette.com.  I really needed only around 8' or 9' but 
> wanted to play it safe.
> 
> Dave
> Meanderer II #642
> 
> BAdams3491 at aol.com wrote:
> > My original Bomar forward hatch has developed a consistent leak around the  
> > base...as if the gasket has shrunk and will not stay where it should be to keep 
> >  the rain out.  I cannot get to the boat for a while to check, does anybody  
> > know the model number or exact measurements of that hatch so I can order a  
> > gasket?  I've been on the Bomar web site...there are too many hatches to  
> > attempt to guess as to which is ours.
> >  
> > Thanks,
> > Bert
> > At Ease
> > #442
> >
> >   
>