Charlie, one of the benefits of having a nice large dodger is keeping those leaky areas nice and dry...! Works very well in rains; light rains, at least; in a gale, not so much...;
Mine is actually a bit oversized, compared to what I see on the northern boats...; not sure why they are designed smaller. I keep a tarp secured over the dodger frame in the winter for the same reason; Richard s/v Bushmark4: 1985 C&C 37 CB: Ohio River, Mile 596; Richard N. Bush Law Offices 2950 Breckenridge Lane, Suite Nine Louisville, Kentucky 40220-1462 502-584-7255 -----Original Message----- From: Charlie Nelson via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: cenel...@aol.com Sent: Wed, Apr 15, 2020 12:27 pm Subject: Re: Stus-List Sliding Hatch Leaks //was CnC-List Digest, Vol 171, Issue 50 The canvas cover looks like a great idea--and easy/inexpensive to either do or have done--I may go that way to keep water at bay (or in the bay as this case may be!). However, if one is on the boat during a rain event--the canvas would not be very practical since it is attached on the outside although I suppose it could be done. Thanks to Charles Schaeffer on Resolute, I have some idea of location of the teak rails on my original hatchway and what they were meant to do--evidently prevent water from going around the edge of the sliding hatch and direct it to the fixed hatch, where it was to drain thru the limber holes in the hood. Of course this was not obvious to me when they began to fall apart and I removed their remains from under the aft part of the hood. Since the removing the hood looked to be a formidable job (lots of screws plus it looks 'heavy'), I shied away from removing it to have a look at where the rails were. Chuck has assured me that the hood is not that heavy so replacing the rails is a possibility I may 'reverse engineer' a replacement of them but I have no drawings, photos or memory of what size they were, where or how they were mounted and how many there were. If any lister has a picture or diagram or knows where one may be, I would appreciate a pointer to it. Of course, it looks like the rails may not do a very good job, even if new, based on some lister's experiences. Maybe I will just live with a cover! Charlie Nelson, Water Phantom, C&C 36 XL
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