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kevinmac
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Initially Posted - 10/19/2006 : 11:22:48

As I have written before, I am now living on my C250 during the week. It is working out quite well, much better than I expected.

It has started raining here in Oregon, and once it starts, it tends to keep it up. Which leads to a small problem.

My companionway hatch board leaks somehow. Not very much, just a few drops an hour on both port and starboard edges, but enough to be a pain. In the past, I have solved this by snapping on the canvas cover that came with the boat. But that won't help if I am INSIDE the boat.

Has anyone had this problem and solved it?

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Kevin Mackenzie
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'06 C250WK #881
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'01 Maine Cat 30 #34

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moserd
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Response Posted - 10/19/2006 : 12:47:45

I have found that if you are not careful to slide the hatch all the way aft regardless of whether the cover is installed water can drip into the boat. You may want to be sure that the hatch is fully aft covering the hatch board.

Don

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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 10/19/2006 : 14:28:48

Kevin, no self-respecting Oregonian would complain about a few drops of water. Confess! You must be from California!!

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bear
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Response Posted - 10/19/2006 : 15:43:43

If rain is forcasted and you are some what athletic and really care go out through the forward hatch, button up your cover and back in
through the front hatch. Or a plastic tarp slung over the boom and tied down with whatever works.

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Turk
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Response Posted - 10/19/2006 : 16:16:25

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by kevinmac
 

My companionway hatch board leaks somehow. Not very much, just a few drops an hour on both port and starboard edges, but enough to be a pain. In the past, I have solved this by snapping on the canvas cover that came with the boat. But that won't help if I am INSIDE the boat.

Has anyone had this problem and solved it?

Thanks,

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You can purchase the vinyl "pop" top cover. It will give you standing room inside and keep the rain out. I would not go without it if staying on the boat.

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Ben - FL
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Response Posted - 10/19/2006 : 16:31:24

Here is a picture of the pop-top canvas cover. It works great. But you cannot lock the hatch with it up.

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kevinmac
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Response Posted - 10/19/2006 : 23:28:14

I have the canvas pop top, but putting it up each night and taking it down each morning is too much pain. Difference between living in the boat 24x7 on vacation, and going to work each day. You want to lock the boat.

Going out the forward hatch is doable, but not the perfect solution. I will try making sure it is all the way aft.

And, well, a few drops of water is fine, except with it falls on the after berth cushions, and then pools under the cushions in the aft berth. A recipe for mold, etc.

I know, what's a little mold.

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SEAN
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Response Posted - 10/19/2006 : 23:53:54

you can put the cover on while your inside .

you snap the front edge first , slide the top back
with cover snap the two corners ,
just leave the companion board out and you can snap
the last two bottom snaps.

But I like the tent idea two , if your hangin out
more than sailing I would rig a tent .
at least you can streach out easer going up top

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tmhansen
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Response Posted - 10/20/2006 : 00:12:02

We do like Sean says and put the cover on and then put the board. Seem like a dodger would be nice if you have to go in and out in the rain to help keep the inside dry while you climb in and out. Don't know that I have ever seen one on a 250 though.

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Buzz Maring
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Response Posted - 10/20/2006 : 07:29:51

... a few drops of water is fine, except when it falls on the after berth cushions ...

What kind of cushions??

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 10/20/2006 : 08:00:39

We had the same problem with a few drops around the companionway hatchboards. For a quick fix we used plumbers putty until we had time to fully address the issue.

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britinusa
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Response Posted - 10/20/2006 : 10:01:26

Kevin, can we presume you have the 'starboard' material hatchboard?

To my recollection, we have only had one night onboard when it rained heavy (and then it was a beast of a storm in Key Largo last year), but we had the pop top up and had no water ingress at all.

Do you think the water is dribling down the sides of the hatchboard or underneath it?

Paul.

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kevinmac
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Response Posted - 10/20/2006 : 11:13:59

I have the starboard hatch (even if it IS in the center of boat, hehehe). I think the water is coming in towards the top, maybe at the top corner, on both edges. No water coming in the bottom.

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Turk
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Response Posted - 10/20/2006 : 11:29:11

If I remember, If you've added weight to the bow of the boat, you can cause the water to run forward in the sliding hatch assembly and come in also. After adding two batteries, to the bow of Forgiveness, I get a few drops of water into the cabin at times.

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kevinmac
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Response Posted - 10/21/2006 : 18:59:52

Nope, no weight added. For whatever reason, I find the handling of my boat just fine without added weight. -Kevin

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 10/26/2006 : 09:54:06

Boom tent, leave it up all the time.

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stewendkos
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Response Posted - 11/11/2006 : 12:40:45

Take a look at my boom tent on the auction.
Steve
might be a real cool thing to have

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stampeder
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Response Posted - 11/12/2006 : 12:32:09

Boom tent.
When we spent part of a winter on Vanc Island on the boat, the boom tent was up any time we weren't sailing. Keeps your groceries dry when get back to the boat, keeps the inside dry when you're unlocking and etc. Its kind of like the back porch.

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