Posted: September 29 2007 at 06:09 | IP Logged

Exactly, melted ice. The first trip was a problem because the ice melted.

I don't think there is a fix, unless you want to remove the door and glass in the opening. I went to home depot and looked for the appropriately sized gasket material. They have some that is UV stabilized.

I also picked up some white narrow gasket material and put it on the top of the ridge of the fish box drain. This is the ridge that makes contact with the lid's gasket. Them I adjusted the fish box latch to make sure it closes tight. I don't get any water (well at east not much) in the fish box any more.

Pursuit should consider omitting the transom door. f they insist on a door, build it like the one on my old Grady. That was a door.

Posted: September 30 2007 at 21:57 | IP Logged

Don't the scuppers drain the water from the deck ?

 I've never had water come over the stern, but anytime water was on the deck it was drained quickly by the scuppers

Also, don't you have 2 drains in the top of the fish box ?

Agree that the door and especially the fishbox should be gasketed (and insulated)

Posted: October 09 2007 at 12:18 | IP Logged

Here is a picture of the fish box hatch. The black line is the gasket that came on the boat. I added the thin white gasket on the fish box.

The next pic is of the transom door. I added the black gasket material. I also added the thin white gasket material to the bottom of the door. I had to go thinner because the gap was not even.

Posted: October 10 2007 at 07:54 | IP Logged

Yes, the gasket makes the door fit tight. The door is now virtually water tight.

My cockpit deck is an inch or two lower than the euro transom platform. I would be taking on water when backing into waves with out the gasket material.