Help ! Re : 1992 35.5 I guess the best way to describe this is the fiberglass hood piece that covers the turning blocks on the cabin roof. Its about 3 feet square, open in the front, so lines can pass around the turning blocks, enroute to the stoppers to prevent a tripping hazard. The hood is secured with 6 or 8 screws, screwed horizontally [ not vertically] into an interior channel or groove molded into the cabin roof. If you own a 35.5 you what this is. Here is the question: around the edges of the cover where it meets the the cabin top is some flexible type caulking, probably silicone. Over the years pieces of the caulking have broken out. I never replaced the caulking figuring that it was purely cosmetic to fill in the gap between the cover and cabin roof. Afterall I thought the cabin top protected the boat, and the cover was a superficial appendage to keep from tripping over the lines and the screws being horizontal were not apt to leak. Over the years even with some of the caulking entirely gone in some areas, there have been no leaks. In fact I even thought about removing the remainder of the caulking as it would look neater in appearance. Is this a correct assumption? In other words, even if the cover piece were entirely absent [assuming the horizontal screw holes were filled in] the cabin top should not leak, correct? And if that is the case why replace the caulking? I have no cabin top leaks, but of late I noticed some weeping from an interior screw hole where the skylight interior plastic sun shade is attached. Could this be the result of a leak around the the hood cover, finding its way down into the space beteween the cabin roof and cabin roof liner and then the screw hole? Or is the skylight leak more likely from the skylight itself and not the hood? Fred Miller S/V M Squared