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I am trying to seal the rubber flanges that allow rod tips into the pilothouse. In other words, I would like to remove the flanges, install a flanged, closed ended (inside-the-pilothouse end) plastic tube and reinstall the rubber flanges. The hole opening in the starboard type bulkhead is 2," and the rubber flange is 3 7/16." I could really leave the rubber flange off. Picture a golf bag tube, closed on one end, flanged on the other to serve as a sleeve for rods that will seal the cockpit from the cabin. It's a mold fest back in that little hole.
I am just going to seal above the bulkhead with big gap great stuff, after masking, to serve as a vapor barrier. I'm convinced most of the off season moisture comes in here. I keep a plug in my cabin drain.
Thanks for any ideas.
![IMG_20240609_110100735.jpg IMG_20240609_110100735.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/classicparker/data/attachments/35/35711-b6692bc6fd09588de0db977968f86201.jpg)
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I am just going to seal above the bulkhead with big gap great stuff, after masking, to serve as a vapor barrier. I'm convinced most of the off season moisture comes in here. I keep a plug in my cabin drain.
Thanks for any ideas.
![IMG_20240609_110100735.jpg IMG_20240609_110100735.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/classicparker/data/attachments/35/35711-b6692bc6fd09588de0db977968f86201.jpg)
![IMG_20240609_110103464_BURST000_COVER.jpg IMG_20240609_110103464_BURST000_COVER.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/classicparker/data/attachments/35/35712-26dfec5867e1a14952a47f593f181166.jpg)
![17179566558956202834853513978070.jpg 17179566558956202834853513978070.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/classicparker/data/attachments/35/35713-a6112b566c3e30f2b41771a3f4427f7b.jpg)
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