mittens

Well, i had a small leak at my deck hatch and in heavy rain see it in my headliner, AND I hate how baja put the hatches backwards on the 252's. so today i removed the hatche cleaned the areas and re siliconed it all and put the hatch in forward facing. now i can crack it and get some air, or get air when camping alot easier. or when i stick my head out i can see.

Anyone else ever done this?

I also mounted my VHF antenna, and radio

Dock Holiday

I have never heard of rotating them but if it works I think that is great. Hopefully you will pick up a couple of miles per hour! LOL

We had the same issue on the 36 and had a bad seal which caused the headliner to have to be replaced under warranty.

Enjoy

mittens

IT will probley slow me down haha..

but a nice breeze when i want it is worth it. I have to CLEAN my head liner very good to get it white again. need to find me a screan now

XT-Innovator

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We had to do that for the people that would forget to latch them, then run 80 mph down the lake, hit a wave (then) the hatch becomes a missle headed for your head

Kids are the worst for doing that.....

XT

mittens

Had a 260 overnighter sea ray with a single hatch and would allway leave it crack and latched so we scooped a little breeze and it worked great. This will be great, AS LONG AS WE GOT IT SEALED. haha but it was leaking before too so...

It rained last ngiht and i did not see any new water spot or wet spots. just cleanned the headliner as best as i could Scrubbing bubbles are GREAT. even on the carpet the work wonders

wantingmore

I've considered doing the same thing with mine for the exact same reasons. I probably need to put some kind of safety cable on it though. I can be forgetful at times.

mittens

Ok so still no leaks, and it worked GREAT for scooping a little air int he cabin. washed the boat, and the deck was covered with water spraying right where the eal is and nothing got inside!!!! silcone works haha

mittens

So i am not finding a leak but the stains in the headliner are back and worse now. any ideas?

Dock Holiday

Just about always a leak around a hatch. On my boat the holes were cut too large and it just would not seal properly. I had to get a fiberglass guy to do some basha wood work and fiberglass work to make them the correct size. Then we sealed them properly and it's been 7 years trouble free. Water can only come in through a hole that was drlled or cut in the top deck and show up in the headliner like that. You may want to check your bow rail and see if it is leaking there.

Nothing worse than water leaks to find and resolve.

Good luck