Gasket and soundproof material

rsciolino · Post by **rsciolino** » Fri May 02, 2008 8:01 am

Any good recommendations on engine hatch soundproofing material and also rubber gasket material for the perimeter of the cover?

randyp · Post by **randyp** » Fri May 02, 2008 8:38 am

There's a lot of stuff for both. Check out an marine supply outlet online.
http://www.defender.com is Defender in CT. Pretty good prices and no sales tax. They show 3 kits, a coating (new) and foam. West Marine carries a lot. I usually shop around online and "google" what I'm looking for first.
I don't have any soundproofing on my boat and always intend to add it, but then I get sidetracked....besides when I was in VietNam I slept next door to a bigass diesel generator - so I'd miss all that noise if I ever did soundproof!

rsciolino · Post by **rsciolino** » Fri May 02, 2008 1:52 pm

Thanks Randy. I too have an F-26 that I bought simply for a storage charge. Where are you located?

randyp · Post by **randyp** » Fri May 02, 2008 2:44 pm

We keep the boat on Great Sacandaga Lake - a man made lake just west of Lake George. We're putting it on the NYS Canals this summer. Bought ours in 1999 with only 300 hours on the engine. I've done a LOT of work on it since then. This forum is a great place for information and ideas. I replaced my leaking front cabin windows and upgraded my house bank batteries from advice gotten here. I have all the original info for my boat and have sent parts of it to others in the past. Let me know if you need any original owner's manual stuff and I can email it.