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John P
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Initially Posted - 08/04/2005 :  11:14:20  Show Profile  Visit John P's Homepage
Anyone else notice that there is a considerable gap on the sides between the top hatchboard and the teak edge of the slider, where the padlock hasp is? When looking forward, when all is close up and locked, everything looks great, but if you get close and look at it from the side, there is about a 1" x 1" opening where weather (and bugs/bees) can get in.

Anyone here build a custom teak leak edge on the slider to take care of this? I can not see how it benefits ventilation since there is no place for air to really get in in any other location.

Thoughts?
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aeckhart
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Response Posted - 08/04/2005 :  16:42:48  Show Profile  Visit aeckhart's Homepage
John, I've had my boat for 15 years and haven't had a problem with bugs, ater intrusion, etc., through these "holes". Though I don't know for sure what they are for, I suspect ventelation, which is at a premium on any boat left closed up for a while.

Al
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John P
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Response Posted - 08/04/2005 :  20:55:51  Show Profile  Visit John P's Homepage
Perhaps this is just a hasty reaction to fresh water in the boat after refinishing my boards. Then again, the rain that did get in was driven almost horizontally. I will let it go.

It's just that after looking at it closer, it looks like the leading teak edge of the slider is too short.
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aeckhart
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Response Posted - 08/05/2005 :  11:38:30  Show Profile  Visit aeckhart's Homepage
John,

You can adjust this gap by tightening the pop-top "hatch dogs" (clamps? Locks?)inside the cabin. If you don't have a pop-top I'm at a loss.

Al
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DanM
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Response Posted - 08/07/2005 :  08:25:52  Show Profile  Visit DanM's Homepage
I wasn't bothered by those gaps until I closed the hatch and ducked inside during a brief rain shower at the dock. A lot of light came in, but not water. I have been leading the halyard and vang tails through there when closing up the boat. (They don't seem to wick rainwater into the cabin). Previous advice here suggests fabric softener sheets to keep the spider and wasp population out. Seems to work! Maybe you could tuck a piece or two into the aft edges of the poptop to dangle near those holes. Also, glue a scrap of screen fabric over the inside of the vent slots of the top hatchboard.
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 08/07/2005 :  18:36:39  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
Buy an 89, they have much closer tolerances and have no gaps there.

On my old boat my cabin-top tarp kept out dust, water, bugs, etc. I would not own a boat with out covering the cabin with a tarp now that I have used one for several years.

Four bungies do it, one to each winch and the forward ones go to the forward stanchion bases.
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