Danny — contact me off-list — I can source the Lewmar hatches through my marine electronics vendor, and can probably save you some $$$.
— Fred Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( > On Mar 31, 2016, at 7:59 AM, Danny Haughey via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Ok so, ALL the hatches on Rum Runner are crazed terribly and they all seem > to leak. It is my guess they have never had any type of maintenance over the > life of the boat. The plastic handles and latch plates are old, brittle and > cracking. Initially I was thinking of trying to rebuild them but, as I now > see it that might be a lot more work that replacing them all with new. They > are all the old, discontinued Lewmar, IIRC superhatches. I really don't want > to spend all the money this year but, life with leaky hatches is a real > bummer. The cost of sending the hatches to select platics is the same as the > cost of a new hatch without installation and the hatch needs to be out of the > boat for weeks. I think I read that it is best to let the hatches cure for a > few weeks as well even if I did that myself. Again, leaving me with big > holes in the boat. > > I'm wondering if it might be best to simply replace all the hatches with new > Lewmars. I understand they make a hatch with no flange so they can rest on > top of the deck and if the shape isn't perfect it is not a big deal. Fill > old holes, drill new holes, rebed new hatch. > > Anyone have any advice on this? > > Thanks > Danny > Rum Runner IV > Mattapoisett, MA
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