Dave, I've only ever once live more than 2 miles from a beach and that was next to a lake and Sebring Raceway in Florida (so only 50 miles to Vero beach on the Atlantic coast!)

In Thailand the beach was at the bottom of the garden!

Right now I'm back in Devon (the county with the longest coastline in the UK!) and about 1.5 miles from the closest beach!

I work just 3 minutes from the beach so EVERY trip home is via it - just to make sure no-one has pulled the plug out!!

Just to top it off, I've not had the roof up on the car for 2 weeks now too! In fact, I'm not even sure if the roof works any more!!!!! :D

Andy.

Oh, and back to the topic... sure John, if you manage to pick the seal out without damaging it, a smear of silicone should do the job.