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Old 12-09-2017, 12:34 PM
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Within the next few days I'm replacing the seals on my cockpit seat hatches. I bought a 50' roll of industrial weatherstrip from McMaster-Carr and will adhere it to the underside of the hatch. The PO put seals on the hatch opening but in practice it was constantly abraded by gear going in and out of the compartment.

The trick now is to get the seal properly aligned on the hatch to mate with the 1/2" ridge of the opening. The plan is to cut and place the seal, adhesive side up, on the opening ridge secured loosely with Polident denture adhesive, pull the protective tape from the seal exposing the tacky side and closing the hatch. Hopefully the seal adhesive with be stronger than the Poligrip and result in perfect alignment. Mo's epoxy attachment will likely follow.

Tenders, in my locale the seal keeps blown dust out of the locker.
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1977 Catalina 30
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prior boats 1987 Westsail 32, 1970 Catalina 22
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