Hello all, We had the Lewmar #70 (I still think it is a Coastline, but could not verify it for sure) bow hatch leaking on our 1994 37/40+. I had looked at it a couple weeks ago, and felt pretty comfortable it wasn't leaking between the hatch and the deck, and started assuming it was being caused by the seal/weatherstrip. I had tried to order a new one, to no avail - no one had one in stock in the U.S. Which made me realize that they probably don't fail very often. So, back to the boat to water test it with my wife. There it was, seeming to be leaking through the hinge.
What it was really caused by were the rivets that held the friction lever to the frame. In the end, as I didn't have rivets handy, I drilled out the old ones and tapped threads for an allen head screw (properly lubricated, of course). And, for good measure, I put butyl tape between the friction lever attachment and the frame. Voila! $2 in screws instead of a $50+ seal that wouldn't have fixed it anyway! Lesson learned - don't assume (I keep having to re-learn that lesson).... Hope someone finds this to be helpful, Bruce Whitmore (847) 404-5092 (mobile) [email protected]
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