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Re: Strip: Hatches *PIC*
By:Dan Caouette (CSCWC)
Date: 3/23/2016, 12:37 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Hatches *PIC* (Tom Thomas)

My biggest challenge so far with the hatch is getting the correct weather stripping to collapse the right amount so that the hatch ends up flush. I am using magnets and it's been hard to determine what will end up compressing just the right amount.

I have milled a step in the hatch sealing area but it has proven to not be deep enough for the available weatherstrippings

Have you tried Weatherseal Tape from MDR? It's 3/8" wide and only an 1/8" thick. It's very compressible. I use it on all my flush hatches, often without using a recess (see Sea Racer pictures, above).

http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do?pid=4115&familyName=Weatherseal+Tape

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Strip: Hatches
YakAbout -- 2/3/2016, 1:11 pm
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YakAbout -- 2/3/2016, 4:02 pm
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Jaybabina -- 2/11/2016, 6:28 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/12/2016, 8:26 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 2/12/2016, 9:59 am
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YakAbout -- 2/12/2016, 11:05 am
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Jaybabina -- 2/12/2016, 1:58 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/13/2016, 12:36 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 2/13/2016, 1:39 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/14/2016, 12:25 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 2/14/2016, 4:56 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/14/2016, 7:55 am
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scottbaxter -- 2/14/2016, 8:10 am
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Kyle T -- 2/14/2016, 11:48 am
Re: Strip: Hatches & hinges
JohnAbercrombie -- 2/14/2016, 1:51 pm
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scottbaxter -- 2/14/2016, 2:18 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 2/14/2016, 4:16 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 2/14/2016, 6:22 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 2/14/2016, 6:20 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/15/2016, 3:57 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 2/15/2016, 7:52 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/16/2016, 12:43 am
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Kyle T -- 2/16/2016, 6:07 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 2/16/2016, 7:20 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/15/2016, 3:58 am
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Curtis Fisher -- 3/12/2016, 4:27 pm
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Etienne muller -- 3/12/2016, 5:08 pm
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Curtis Fisher -- 3/12/2016, 6:38 pm
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Etienne muller -- 3/13/2016, 5:20 am
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YakAbout -- 3/17/2016, 2:57 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 3/17/2016, 3:02 pm
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YakAbout -- 3/17/2016, 3:07 pm
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Curtis Fisher -- 3/17/2016, 5:07 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/18/2016, 9:08 pm
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Curtis Fisher -- 3/21/2016, 3:56 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/22/2016, 12:15 am
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Tom Thomas -- 3/23/2016, 11:51 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 3/23/2016, 12:37 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 3/23/2016, 2:37 pm
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Tom Thomas -- 3/23/2016, 7:18 pm
BTW...
Brian Nystrom -- 3/24/2016, 7:36 am