bomar hatch

[Russ Pagels]

has any one replaced the front hatch with a bomar? if so which one. only two or three more months of questions...thanks guys...Russ

[Bob H.]

Russ,
Bahia Mar decks are not quite flat, they do have 1/4" to 3/8" crown to them. You can replace them with a Bomar but you will have to fabricate a shim plate under it. BH

[In Memory of Vicroy]

Russ - why? The original hatch is seriously heavy duty, but will leak if one does not replace the seal with equally heavy duty stuff......mine leaked badly so in the early 90s I replaced the seal with some really thick automotive weatherstripping glued on and it has not leaked a drop since.

UV

[JP Dalik]

For the cost of a Bomar you could drop a piece of glass into the hatch and replace the sealing foam and have a water tight hatch that you can still get outside light through.

Should be like falling off a log for the boys in South Jersey.

[Capt. DQ]

Russ,
I'll get you a picture of mine, where I kept the original hatch and put a smaller window hatch in the middle of the original and still have access threw both.

DQ

[Russ Pagels]

thanks guys, the bertram hatch is great. the one on my present boat is fine. the new boat has glassed in front window, so the cabin is dark, and the v berth is even darker. the idea of putting a glass panel in the exsiting hatch sounds good .thanks Russ

[Raybo Marine NY]

those large Bomar hatches are outrageously EXPENSIVE

[tunawish]

Has the correct procedure and best material to use for putting glass in the hatch been discussed already??

I would like to know best sealant and glass type .. and how do you deal with the crown.. I can't remember if the top of the hatch is flat... the boat is about 100 miles from me...

Thanks

Ray

[Raybo Marine NY]

I have used urethane, and they also sell a specific GE "structural silicone" adhesive for inserting lexan into frames.

Just be sure to leave some wiggle room around the perimeter to allow for expansion and contraction, about 1/4" is what we shoot for.

[Bertramp]

I have a "glass" insert that I got from Tom Slane in the hatch on my "H" boat ... basically, I cut out the middle part of the hatch and used a thin bead of 5200 and some silicon around the glass. The glass has a flange, so it is watertight and it lets in TONS of light. Slane could make one for you if you just supplied dimensions ... he's in High Point, NC

[tunawish]

Raybo, you used lexan, other than cost why not a tempered glass

1/4" or thicker..??

Bertramp do you have a pic of that ??? All that I've seen was flush mounted in a bead of sealant..

Ray

[Raybo Marine NY]

Raybo, you used lexan, other than cost why not a tempered glass

1/4" or thicker..??

Bertramp do you have a pic of that ??? All that I've seen was flush mounted in a bead of sealant..

Ray

its much easier to deal with my plastic guy then get glass, the lexan also allows me to rest easy if there is a little rocking and rolling going on, and its usually replacing sliding windows that were also lexan with fixed lexan.

thickness depends on the application

[Russ Pagels]

Does any one have a picture of there hatch that has modified with glass or lexan? thanks Russ

[Bertramp]

Mine is in NY and I'm in FLA.. I have a call in to Tom Slane .... he will probably be able to ship me a picture of what the hatches look like. I have 3 on my current boat and had 1 on a prior ... in all cases they were tight, let in lots of light and modernized the old Hatteras hatches.

[ZeroCavity]

Original Hatch with white plexiglass. Keeps the V berth very bright.

[Capt. DQ]

Russ,

Here's the way I did mine, which I can open either hatch if needed and also lets plenty of light in.

DQ

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