> In my old plastic Sealution, I never got a drop of water inside boat. In
> my CLC boat, I get a lot of water in boat when rolling etc. My guess is
> that the design of the coaming just doesn't provide a good seal in so far
> as the coaming wall rises vertically from deck and then the coaming rim (1
> sheet of plywood thick) juts out perpendicular to this (and parallel to
> deck). As a result, the skirt is really only exerting significant pressure
> at the edge of the top layer of plywood. I am not using the skirt CLC
> sells BTW. I found it extremely tight, so much so that I had difficulty
> getting out of boat even on dry land. Perhaps this would also keep water
> out, but I am leary of such a tight skirt. The sealution had more of a
> curved coaming such that skirt seals along entire edge of coaming rim.
> Anyway, I plan to get another CLC boat (the North Bay), but would like to
> modify coaming and am wondering what other designs are out there for the
> home builder. Actually, this may be a bit less of an issue with the North
> Bay as the small diameter coaming is available as opposed to the monster
> sized coaming of the Chesapeake, but am still wondering.

> Thanks

consider tryeing this-laminate an extra layer or two of coaming top onto the new CLC boat, and then shape the now three dimensional mass of wood to replicate the Sealution shape. Make the opening in the boat the same shape as the sealution, too.