[Rhodes22-list] Cabin Top Hatch Leak

Rod Ellner rodellner at mac.com
Mon Jun 29 12:12:15 EDT 2020


Slim……..we drove by Lake City on our way home from SD.    Are you on WI or MN side?

Rod & Mary
> On Jun 29, 2020, at 10:47 AM, Todd Tavares <tavares0947 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> SLIM!!!
> 
> Welcome back!!
> 
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2020, 11:42 Steven Alm <stevenalm at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Well, hello sailor! I don't think I've posted here since we lost our friend
>> Rummy. Still miss him. Wherever he is I hope he's enjoying a Mt. Gay/diet
>> coke.
>> 
>> There have been a lot of changes in my world since then but I still sail
>> Fandango. I bought the boat and joined this list 25 years ago - wow! I'm
>> retired and live in Wisconsin now (Rummy is laughing and insisting I'm now
>> a Packers fan. I'm not!). I keep my boat slipped at a marina on Lake Pepin,
>> which is really The Mississippi River where it widens between WI and MN.
>> It's about 2 miles wide and 20 miles long so it's a nice big stretch of
>> sailing water. There's almost no current and it's known as the birthplace
>> of water skiing, and home to the fabled sea monster "Peppie". I'm very well
>> and happy, thank you.
>> 
>> I have a very minor problem and thought it'd be a good excuse to drop in
>> and say hi. I'm a little rusty at searching the archives and didn't find it
>> there. The hatch on the port side cabin top leaks a little. I'm wondering
>> if anyone has replaced the foam gasket around the opening or has any other
>> fixes. I thought of just sticking a dime or something up in the latches on
>> the inside to make it close a little tighter but that would probably loosen
>> the latches permanently and then dimes would have to become part of my
>> onboard gear forever and my checklist is already a novel. Thanks in advance
>> for any suggestions, and looking forward to hearing from some old friends
>> or new ones.
>> 
>> -Slim
>> 



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