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My X-13 leaked COPIOUS amounts of water through the front hatch no matter how tight I could get it. Really bad design. My first time out it easily got a gallon of water in the hull after punching just a few waves at LJ. I would have had a yak FULL of water had I stayed out in the rough wind waves that day, but I was just testing it in the surf.
Went to Malibu. They didn't have a solution and I got no replacement. All they did was install a gasket inside the hatch seal channel. Didn't help much.
I took their rubber seal out and put in my own 3/4" wide x 7/16" thick window seal tape in the same channel and cinched down the straps and voila! Improper design made better.
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