Re: watertight hatches cl

Posted by CLC on Jun 22, 2006

We have the same scheme on our 16 Hybrid and I'm surprised at how WELL it's keeping the water out, six months on. Through long periods of immersion we're getting only spoonfuls of water at the end of the day. We don't have the "hatch rim" on the sills either, which should make them leak a lot more.

My suggestion is to tighten up on the bungie cords a lot.

Failing that, you can always fall back to the stock hatch-toggle arrangement, which is a tiny bit less elegant but might provide more positive pressure on the hatch gasket.

In Response to: watertight hatches clc? by James Eager on Jun 21, 2006

Replies:

• Re: watertight hatches cl by James Eager on Jun 22, 2006
  • Re: watertight hatches cl by M Davis on Jun 22, 2006
    • Re: watertight hatches cl by Ron Eike on Jun 22, 2006
      • Re: watertight hatches cl by craig on Jun 22, 2006
    • Re: watertight hatches cl by Kyle T on Jun 23, 2006
      • Re: watertight hatches cl by M Davis on Jun 23, 2006
        • Re: watertight hatches cl by M Davis on Jun 23, 2006
          • Re: watertight hatches cl by M Davis on Jun 23, 2006
      • Re: watertight hatches cl by Dave on Jun 26, 2006
        • Re: watertight hatches cl by Kyle T on Jun 26, 2006
  • Re: watertight hatches cl by FrankP on Jun 22, 2006
    • Re: watertight hatches cl by James Eager on Jun 24, 2006
      • Re: watertight hatches cl by John F on Jun 26, 2006
        • Re: watertight hatches cl by M Davis on Jun 26, 2006
          • Re: watertight hatches cl by John F on Jun 27, 2006
          • Re: watertight hatches cl by FrankP on Jun 28, 2006