[Public-List] Sliding Hatch Leaks, A Lot...

[Gordon Laco]

Hi Greg -

If the leak is in your companionway scuttle... you are lucky because  
that is easy to fix.

Clean out the seams in the planks that your hatch is made of.  Once  
you are sure there is no dirt or loose material in the seams run a  
line of masking tape along the seam as close to the lips of the seam  
as possible... I know it may be only paper thin.   Get some black or  
brown compound like SikaFlex, and run a bead of it over the gap  
between the lines of tape and into the seam.  Take your index finger,  
and wearing a glove (or my preferred but NOT recommended method, index  
finger dipped in warm soapy water) and run it along the seam pressing  
the compound into the seam.  Rip off the tape and presto, you will  
have a precisely paid seam that will not leak for quite some time.

An alternative might be to take the whole scuttle apart, clean the  
parts then re-glue them...

Gord #426 Surprise





On 7-Dec-09, at 2:20 PM, gregr at nethere.com wrote:

> It appears I have a new opportunity to continue my boating  
> education. I came
> home this morning to find the galley counter/engine cover soaked. We  
> don't
> get a lot of rain here in San Diego but last night it tried to make  
> up for
> it. The hatch looks to be original. The top is made of 9 planks.  
> Water was
> seeping from between the planks. I can't tell what kind of  
> construction was
> used. How do I fix this one?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Greg
>
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