** NOTE ** This is NOT a 'HowTo' video, but a 'How I Didi It', as I am just showing the procedure and techniques UI used both there with this boat, as well as our two prior Sea Ray's. If you have a system you prefer, have at it!

After having owned two previous Sea Ray boats of the late 1990's vintage, I knew it was just a matter of time before the deck hatches would leak (one already was when we bought the boat), so I decided to pull all four on our 1998 370 Sundancer to repair them before she was even launched.

Beyond replacing the factory frame to deck seal with a good bead of SikaFlex 291, I also replaced the foam rubber gasket with a new one, using the OEM 'Taylor Made Hatch Gasket' part #1725. And before anyone starts yelling at me that I should have used a 3M sealer, that is also an option (along with others), but I have been using SikaFlex for numerous repairs on our past boats with great success, so I have no reason to change.

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Filmed May, 2022.

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Boat Specs;
Model: 1998 Sea Ray 370 Sundancer
Length (bow to transom): 376", LOA (with factory swim platform): 40'1"
Beam: 12'7"
Dry Weight: 17,000 lbs
Fuel Capacity: 275 U.S. gallons, 1,040 litres
Draft: 32”
Dead Rise: 20 degrees
Engines: 2 x 7.4 litre Mercruiser Bluewater, MultiPort fuel injection, gasoline,
raw water cooled, rated at 310 HP
Transmissions: 2 x Borg Warner Velvet Drives, in VeeDrive configuration
Generator: Westerbeke 7.2 Kw BCGTC @ 60 Hz, gasoline powered & carburated, 3,600 RPM continuous engine speed
18,000 (total) BTU (12 + 8), reverse cycle heating/air conditioning
Shore Power: 2 x 30 Amp, 120 V connections
Freshwater Holding Tank: Single 70 U.S. Gallon tank
Waste (blackwater) Holding Tank: Single 40 U.S. Gallon

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