[C320-list] Fwd: Lewmar Hatches

[Marko Jamnik]

> I had leaks coming in on mine. I replaced the gasket on all. Not as easy as they make it out to be. Once that was done I still had a leak coming in. What I notice on the outside frame is that because it's not a complete frame it has a space on each side where the frame meets and what happens is that the caulking in there over the seasons become brittle and thats where the water comes in. I cleaned the joint and used a sealant to fill the gab. The leak had disappeared. I wish I would have tried that first before purchasing the gaskets.
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> Marko Jamnik
> Marquesas 304
> Lake Ontario
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> On 2014-07-24, at 8:46 AM, Bill Hutt <bhutt at windstream.net> wrote:
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>> Has anyone dealt with the small Lewmar hatches on the sides of the boat? Ours leak in the rain. We have tried to revive the rubber gasket by rubbing vasoline on them but it hasn’t helped much.
>> Has anyone replaced the gaskets? If so, where did you get them and how hard was it to remove the old and replace with the new?
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>> Thanks,
>> Bill Hutt
>> “Caribbean Soul” #570
>> Cleveland, Ohio
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