[GeoDoc]

I went through exactly the same thing on my 2002 38 Open...and was pissed since I removed the old gasket and applied silicone for the new one and it did not fit. What a mess. I cleaned up the track and reinstalled the one that I had taken out. I got mine directly from GG Schmitt for about $18.00 each. When I complained to them they said "Oh you must have the old style". They changed them in the 2001-2002 model year.  So they sent me a length of the one with the hole in it that you cut to the size you need. I have not installed it because I am pretty convinced that my leak is coming from above...cleat, rub rail, a snap button or the windshield. The reason I say this is that I installed a plastic brow above the porthole so water cannot enter via the gasket or the frame and it still leaks after a rain. I can't see the water but my moister meter pegs on the plastic covered foam inside under it.