[C320-list] Fwd: Lewmar Hatches

[Elizabeth Schwartz]

Ahoy....#245,,,,,,I guess I'm lucky mine don't leak. Mine leave a black 
streak down the hull after they get wet. Not hard to clean up, but 
constant work ,not sure if worth it to replace gasket.....Joe

On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 09:33 AM, Rick Sulewski wrote:

> Marko,
> Could you email me and let me know what your fuel tank replacement 
> cost and
> where you ordered the tank?
> Thanks
> Rick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: C320-list [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On 
> Behalf
> Of Marko Jamnik
> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 9:18 AM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: [C320-list] Fwd: Lewmar Hatches
>
>> 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.
>>
>> Marko Jamnik
>> Marquesas 304
>> Lake Ontario
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2014-07-24, at 8:46 AM, Bill Hutt  wrote:
>>
>>> 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?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Bill Hutt
>>> "Caribbean Soul" #570
>>> Cleveland, Ohio
>>
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