Pontoon Boat & Deck Boat Forum

Hi! I have a brand new South Bay boat with full enclosure. Today it rained and I went to check on the boat. I was inside hanging around and noticed water dripping on several places all of which were where the top is attached to the frame. I've been around boats most of my life and don't believe it should be leaking, especially for the amount of money these boats are!
Can anyone tell me if the enclosure is meant to be water tight? I mean I know it won't be completely but water dripping in several places, including the drivers seat is not cool.

I've has several seep in, but not actually poor in... Was the top sagging or sitting where it was pooling then coming in? I'ld take it to the dealer, to show them.

It wasn't sagging. It was leaking where the top zipped to the frame. I will be bringing it to the dealership. Thanks!

I own a Hybrid camper. Its like a travel trailer with canvas 'pop-up' style bunks. There are a never-ending stream of people on the forum for them complaining about leaks in the canvas. What they (and you) might not know is that you have to "season" the canvas properly. The needles on the sewing machines are slightly larger than the threads. If not, they could not be sewed up. This will let a little water through at first

You need to get it wet and let it dry a couple times. This will cause the threads in the seams to swell to fill the needle holes and stop any leakage. I'm going on 3 years now with not a single drop of water inside (after seasoning), and that was through some hellacious rainstorms.

From the owners manual:



Tim

Thank you I have heard of this before. Problem for me is that I can see holes from the sewing that are pretty big.....

If you see holes, it sounds like its f'ed up from the factory. Yep. let them deal with it!