Cabin Door issues ....

[nestorpr]

Mine also flexes but I also noticed that keeping the door closed during hard running helps keep it down quite a bit. Mine doesn't have any cracks in the area and I have no problems opening or closing the door but I do need to replace the sealant around the door frame and the fiberglass opening quite often, I'm going to start using a more flexible sealant from now on. This might be a case where too much stiffening might be a bad thing, maybe it would better if you allowed it to flex as originally designed but keep the door closed so it keeps it's shape? I really have no idea but sometimes if one thing doesn't work maybe trying its opposite might. Good luck!

[cSickNick]

... maybe it would better if you allowed it to flex as originally designed but keep the door closed so it keeps it's shape?

Now you tell me , but you could be right on.
Get the door frame re-squared and the closed door with a snug fit is a good original option.

I wonder what Hermco and other glass experts think?

[oldbluesplayer]

hmmmm - out of sight, out of mind ...

I have been noticing, when going thru quartering seas, this seems to be my boats weak link, and it does put a torsional stress on the hull.

I went up in the cabin, pulled out the cushions, and opened the forward storage hatch. There is a plywood bulkhead in there, up against the inner liner wall, that was glassed to the hull... I say was, because the glass is broken all the way across the hull-bulkhead interface. This would definitely reduce the anti-torsional stiffness of the hull, and allow more force into the hull, and make the cabin wall, around the door frame, work harder in it's role of providing anti-torsional stiffness - ie, more likely to fail over time - which may be why I'm seeing those cabin wall attach bolts loosen up repeatedly.

Others with Seafari's may want to check this out - open that front locker up, and look down in and back against the inner liner wall, and where it's tabbed to the hull.

just a thought. It's glassin' time !!!

Bill