My gaskets still have plenty of rubber thickness so maybe they are
alright.

I took the screens out because my kids were kicking holes in them as
they climbed enthusiastically around the boat and it wasn't a bad bug
year. I wonder if the screens are necessary for the gaskets to stay
tight.

Have you used your ports without the screens?

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Roger Long



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Roger Long wrote:
Is leaking around the dogs with drips running down the dogs
themselves
an endemic problem with 1980 era Beckson plastic ports or will new
gaskets fix them? I'd hate to spend $250 on a whole set of new
gaskets for the boat and still have these annoying little drips.

Don't bother telling me about better ports. That's on the list,
just
not for this year.

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Roger Long

I probably have similar Beckson ports on my C&C 37.
I ordered two replacement gaskets from Beckson and they didn't fit.
Right dimensions but way too thick. Beckson never answered my email
as
to why they didn't fit.
My leak has stopped so I'm not pursuing it but here are two ideas
I've
had for correcting the situation.
On my ports I can see that you can only tighten them down so far and
then you have plastic against plastic. You cannot compensate for
shrinkage in the rubber gasket.
I figured I could grind away a bit of plastic so they could be
tightened further.
Other idea is to run a narrow bead of flexible glue down the center
of
the gasket to build it up a bit on the surface the portlight beds
against.