I scrubbed the boat from top to bottom making sure to get plenty of water on the hatch and there wasn't a single drop of water on the V-birth. I will not be caulking the hatch form the inside - if it leaks I want to know about ASAP even if the balsa core is now completely isolated from the hatch opening and holes for the fasteners). better than new!
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I scrubbed the boat from top to bottom making sure to get plenty of water on the hatch and there wasn't a single drop of water on the V-birth. I will not be caulking the hatch form the inside - if it leaks I want to know about ASAP even if the balsa core is now completely isolated from the hatch opening and holes for the fasteners). better than new!
I put the hatch back together.
I carefully cut out all the excess butyl and saved it because I can use it at a later time.
I got this far and walked away until the next day - then I gave each nut the same extra half turn to snug it up a little more.
Once the butyl tape started to compress I was diligent about tightening the nuts equally as I went around so as not to tork the frame or get unequal compression.
On the left is one of the two machine screws that hold the hinges
I also added a little washer of butyl tape to each one and didn't turn the screw head once it made contact.
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I scrubbed the boat from top to bottom making sure to get plenty of water on the hatch and there wasn't a single drop of water on the V-birth. I will not be caulking the hatch form the inside - if it leaks I want to know about ASAP even if the balsa core is now completely isolated from the hatch opening and holes for the fasteners). better than new!

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I scrubbed the boat from top to bottom making sure to get plenty of water on the hatch and there wasn't a single drop of water on the V-birth. I will not be caulking the hatch form the inside - if it leaks I want to know about ASAP even if the balsa core is now completely isolated from the hatch opening and holes for the fasteners).
better than new!
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The main hatch has has been leaking for a while but I wanted to get off the great lakes before taking it apart (I made a quick and dirty rain cover that attached into the four existing snaps for the sun shade)
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