Good day to all, I have been following this forum for a while, however, this is the first submission. I am the proud owner of a C&C 38 landfall. I have sailed C&C most of my life and this is our dream boat. Last year I had the unfortunate opportunity of having to replace all for the side windows due to them splitting in half. I figured that since the front hatch sealant was also leaking I would do it at the same time. I should note here that the previous owner, who did a marvellous job of maintaining the boat due to lack of sailing, had replaced the original glass already. The project was definitely a learning lesson but one that ended well, or so I thought. I was able to seal up the leaks on the front hatch that were coming in around the edge, however, I have been unable to prevent the water from entering around the handles. I have tried silicone, rubber gaskets, pressure rings that are countered into the glass and hold tight around the handle shaft, light grease around the shaft thinking it will rappel water and also tightening them down to the point of making it difficult to latch. I am at the point now that I would just like to replace the entire mechanism with a new one so that I know it is made correctly right from the factory. The problem I am encountering is the this front hatch seems to be an odd size by todays manufacturing standards. the inside frame opening is 19 3/4 x 21 1/2 (roughly). I am really hoping to not change the opening. Any advise or direction would be appreciated. Regards, Jason "Starship" Gimli, Mb, Canada
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