maillist Digest, Vol 13, Issue 16

[Anonymous]

Hi everyone,
Patrick and I were out this weekend…yes we left the dock finally for a
nice weekend sail to Blake Island where we met 30 knot gusts and 3 inches of
downpouring rain over night. While we were tied to the dock in Blake, Deep
Playa sprung massive leaks (all above the water line) and now we have a
substantial leak in the starboard companionway that wasn’t there before. I
know that others have rebedded and properly sealed theirs previously. Did
anyone also try to seal up the gaps that are left even while the
companionway is closed? And if so, what did you use?
PS: we had an awesome down wind sail home and were cruising at 6.5 kts
flying just the jib. 🙂
Thanks,
Dawn
s/v Deep Playa

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[Phil Fontaine]

Hi Dawn,
A couple of years ago I applied some white plastic weather strips to the
sides of the sliding hatch to close the space between the bottom enge of the
hatch and the cabin top. This seems to have worked for me in keeping water
from sloshing up under the hatch and getting in. The strips I bought (at a
hardware store) are about an inch or inch and a quarter wide by about an
eighth of an inch thick with an adhesive strip on one side. Very easy to
apply and they look fine.
Good luck.
Phil Fontaine – Aurora.

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Do you have a sunbrella cover fitted over that hatch?
Alan

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[RichCarter]

see
http://www.richardcarter.net/boat/deckRot/

Rich

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[john stevenson]

I had the same deck rot problem as Rich and fixed in the same manner. I
also added the weather striping described by Phillipe (got the idea from Hal
Sutphen). At the same time I removed the hatch and re-bedded all of the
runner supports. No leaks for nearly 8 years. Started to get some leaks in
2009 and did a quick fix (just re-bedded the teak piece at the aft end of
the hatch). Started to leak again this fall. So it looks like I have
another winter project to once again remove the hatch and re-bed everything,
then replace the 9 year old weather striping.
Most of leaks in this hatch come from its placement at the side of the coach
roof. The crown of the coach roof means water collects on the inboard side
of the hatch and then has plenty of time to find any gaps in the bedding or
(in a heavy downpour) pour over the inboard runner and collect in the trim
pieces and headliner. The weather striping prevents the later leak from
happening.

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see
http://www.richardcarter.net/boat/deckRot/

Rich

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[madsailor]

There should be weep holes on the upper and lower runners. Make sure you
keep them clear and water won’t sit there.

Bob

I’m not being short. This is from my mobile.
On Dec 14, 2010 11:43 AM, “John Stevenson” <> wrote:

I had the same deck rot problem as Rich and fixed in the same manner. I
also added the weather striping described by Phillipe (got the idea from

Hal

Sutphen). At the same time I removed the hatch and re-bedded all of the
runner supports. No leaks for nearly 8 years. Started to get some leaks in
2009 and did a quick fix (just re-bedded the teak piece at the aft end of
the hatch). Started to leak again this fall. So it looks like I have
another winter project to once again remove the hatch and re-bed

everything,

then replace the 9 year old weather striping.
Most of leaks in this hatch come from its placement at the side of the

coach

roof. The crown of the coach roof means water collects on the inboard side
of the hatch and then has plenty of time to find any gaps in the bedding

or

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(in a heavy downpour) pour over the inboard runner and collect in the trim
pieces and headliner. The weather striping prevents the later leak from
happening.

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 10:12 AM, <> wrote:

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see
http://www.richardcarter.net/boat/deckRot/

Rich

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