Sealing an Outback.

My Hobie was collecting about a cup of water inside the hull on calm lake days.  Easily sponged out at the end of the day , but annoying. 

I felt around on the inside and the bottoms of the drop-in rod holders were wet.  I took the screws off and lifted out an insert. I laughed.  When they drilled the hole for the holders, they didn’t remove all the plastic shreds left behind by the hole drill.  The just put down that crappy paper gasket and tightened it.  Therewas no seal.    I siliconed the perimeter and tightened them down. 

Next time out,  there was still water inside. I was on the lake and opened up the front hatch. I laughed again.  Water was streaming down from the elastic cord hold down points for the hatch.  When I got home I removed them one by one, and siliconed the bolt-holes. I pair of hemostats will let you put some slack in the cords so you can reinstall them easily. 

Now?  My boat is bone dry inside.  Zero dampness.  Just wanted to put this here so someone can chase down similar issues.

Good work has been done!

But i am not very clear what is the reason caused the problem, and how did you fix it, do you have pictures? Can you share the picture here? Thx!

Nice fix!  I found similar issues with my Passport's rod holders and hatches.  Now if I have any water in the hull I know I either need to relube the hatch o-rings or the rudder rod through hull fitting.

I removed the rod holders and re-sealed my pole holder after I noticed the gaskets looks squished and were popping out