sealing lockers

AIDY

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The cockpit lockers on our boat leak to the extent that after hosing the boat down or a heavy rain fall you quite often have to mop a couple of bucket out of the locker and from the bilges. There seems to be a water track that runs straight into the bilge.

I have seen on some boats that the locker lids are sealed with almost a car door rubber / seal, to prevent any water entering. Can anyone recommend a source of car door rubber apart from my local car dealer or has anyone got any other solutions for sealing cockpit lockers on boats.

TIA

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I have a wood seat which hinges down on top of the apature into the locker. I bought neoprene strip from ACRO Rubber which is adesive on one side and stuck this around the top of the locker. I do not get any water in the locker. Alternatively I could have used sheet neoprene from ARCO, but is more expensive. ARCO are a national company. They are listed under Safety Equipment in Nottingham. Phone 0115 928 6411. Hope this helps. Paul

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Thanks for the info paul.

I have also sent for some samples from <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.sealsplusdirect.co.uk/marine.htm> SealsPlusDirect </A>

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You can get roles of sticky back neoprene draft excluder (white or brown) from B&Q.
As a water seal, I find that it works best if you run a bead of silicone sealant along the edges.


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Car door seals are supposed to work with a gap of about 1/2" between the door and the seal mounting flange. Most of them are mounted so that the flange is paralell to the surface against which the seals is supposed to lie. If you have this sort of geometry and clearance, any scrapyard should provide as much door seal as you can carry! Remember it's pretty bad at going round tight corners. Anything with an internal radius of less than a couple of inches will be pushing it. If your flange is at 90 degrees to the sealing surface, some boot lid seals are arranged like this. Try going to a kit car show (there's one near Stafford in a few weeks and others round the country over the course of the year)

Alternatively "Wilks" rubber might have something ( I think they have a website) or do a search for kit car parts -places like "Europa" sell that kind of stuff I think or classic car restoration trimmers.

Good luck!

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