Hi All, Am working through my "Connie" list of improvements and while foraging through my local ACE hardware store discovered a great product put out by m-d air-sealing tape. It is EPDM rubber gasket material with self stick. It is made in 1/8 thru 1/2 inch increments and comes 8.5 feet long. It can be separated down the middle by simply tearing it apart so you have 17 LF of gasket. I used it on the lip right around the cockpit openings under the hatches and it compresses very well. Also tried it around the forward hatch, again right around the opening under the hatch. Again, water and wind tight. I also used some on the inside forward edge of the main hatch to stop water from sluicing inside of the cabin. There it also results in a gentle (poof) while closing the hatch instead of the "thump" that used to happen. Be sure you have it where you want it before pressing it firmly into place because it will remove paint that is not firmly in place. Addendum to using the furniture leg stops to cushion overhead nuts and bolts, if the stickum on the back of the pad ever decides to let go, a dab of contact cement on the surface of the pad and the surface it used to stick to will insure it stays in place. Fair winds, Tom B.