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For longest time I was having water getting into stern of Hooligan. Kept looking for leaks with no success until I was washing the cockpit and noticed that a previously dry stern was now wet. After looking at the molded seat and the cover, I determined that if a large volume of water was sprayed on the closed cockpit, it ran over the molded-in sides and ended up inside the boat. Here is a simple and cheap solution.....
Got 1" wide weather strip from Home Depot and attached to under side of the hinged cockpit cover. First time not too successful as I left the hinge nuts exposed and mold indent for hinge nuts open. The last time I made cut-outs for the hinge nuts and filled the mold indents with weather strip. I had removed the hatch cover to smooth the surface where the weather strip was to be installed and used E-6000 in addition to the glue on the weather strip. Since the hinge nut cut-outs are installed over the nuts, I installed that piece after hinges were re-attached.
Attached a few photos of the project....
Tom Lindsay
Hooligan #370
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Stern Rudder Pentil.JPG [ 653.76 KB | Viewed 0 times ]
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Initial Fitting of Weather Strip.JPG [ 567.67 KB | Viewed 0 times ]
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Cut-out for Hinge Nuts.JPG [ 442.63 KB | Viewed 0 times ]
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Filler for Mold Indent to Accept Hinge Nuts.JPG [ 508.4 KB | Viewed 0 times ]
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Install rear Weather Strip After Re-attaching Hinges.JPG [ 545.62 KB | Viewed 0 times ]
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