[C320-list] Deck hatch sealing.

[warren updike]

I've used BoatLife liquid LifeCalk. My leak was in the fwd deck hatch
ring-deck seal, I thought on the high side possibly under the hinges. Very
tough to get at without removing and reseating the hatch ring. I drizzled
the liquid LifeCalk under the hinges and around the top side of the ring.
That was 4 years ago, nary a drop since.

Warren & Pattie Updike
Catalina 320, #62, "Warr De Mar"
Middle River, Chesapeake Bay




-----Original Message-----
What product have some of you used to seal the deck hatches? Mine are
Lewmar's and I have tightened all of the mounting hardware twice. I am
fairly sure the leakage is at the hatch, deck joint and the sealer seems to
have gone the way of the port light bedding.

 

Monte

Laima #620