[C320-list] Lewmar Hatches

[JeffWillis111 at aol.com]

Hey Bill,
 
Jeff here from Punta Gorda.  How have you been?
 
I redid mine last winter and I think I really went way overboard.  If  I 
had to do over again, I think I would focus on the "O" ring in the dog ear  
latch and the "s" shaped gasket John mentions. 
 
I removed all ports, replaced all gaskets, and rebedded ports.  A  couple 
of them needed to be rebedded because I could see a gap between frame and  
fiberglass.
 
not a drop leaking thru ever since.
 
Good luck!
 
 
In a message dated 7/25/2014 9:33:32 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
bhutt at windstream.net writes:

John,
Are you saying I don't have to remove  the al frames  on the outside?


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> On Jul 24, 2014, at  12:35 PM, JJ Morrison <sail-ability at sympatico.ca> 
wrote:
>  
> OK here's the deal. You need to remove the plastic frames on the  inside 
of the boat, they just pull off. On the outside you'll see a horizontal  gap 
at the midpoint of the Al frames. It is filled with a complicated "S"  
shaped gasket. You need a dental tool or other sharp pick to get this out.  Once 
removed you need to mask off around the gap and then fill it with good  
quality caulking, 3M or Sikaflex, black looks best. You should have someone on  
the inside of the boat to announce when the caulking is oozing thru so you  
know when the gap is full; you should also place some paper toweling on the 
 inside to catch any drips. Wait for the caulking to cure and you're done. 
>From  10 feet mine looks like a factory job!CheersJohnM1999#574
> 
>>  Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 12:25:10 -0400
>> From:  marekf at gmail.com
>> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
>>  Subject: Re: [C320-list] Lewmar Hatches
>> 
>>  John,
>> Can you point me to the "maintenance techniques on the user  site" ?
>> Could not find it on Catalina320 site
>> Kind  regards,
>> Marek
>> #1028
>> 
>>  
>> On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 9:06 AM, JJ Morrison  <sail-ability at sympatico.ca>
>> wrote:
>>  
>>> They do not need to be replaced. Many of us 320 owners have  delt with 
this
>>> and it involves replacing the gasket between  the two halves of the 
outside
>>> frame. This is well described in  maintenance techniques on the user 
site. I
>>> did this 4 years  ago and nary a drop of leakage.CheersJohnM1999#574
>>>  
>>>> From: bhutt at windstream.net
>>>> To:  C320-List at Catalina320.com
>>>> Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 08:46:56  -0400
>>>> Subject: [C320-list] Lewmar  Hatches
>>>> 
>>>> 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
>