[C320-list] FW: Re: BOMAR hatches
Allan Field
Allan.Field at comcast.net
Fri Jul 7 03:43:21 PDT 2006
Our marina has dumpsters that these plastic oval screens fit into very
nicely...and they stay put. I have seen a few owners who have been able to
make them work but even they were not able to make them work on our boat.
Allan S. Field
Sea Shadow - #808
Columbia, MD
-----Original Message-----
From: C320-List-bounces at catalina320.com
[mailto:C320-List-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Robert Seastream
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 5:04 AM
To: kmielen at iwon.com; C320-List
Subject: Re: [C320-list] FW: Re: BOMAR hatches
On a related note, HOW do the plastic oval screens fit into their
respective ports? I can't seem to make them stay.
Bob Seastream
"Intuition" 2002 Hull # 906
On Jul 6, 2006, at 8:16 PM, Karl Mielenhausen _/) wrote:
>
> Same observation, similiar frustration.
>
> What I did was slip a few small washers under the offending locking
> tabs to help align them better with the screen's frame.
>
> Regards....
>
>
>
> Karl Mielenhausen
>
> 2000 C320 Hull#690 "Silver Lining"
>
> New Bern, NC
>
> http://members.cox.net/mielen/
>
>
>
> From: Quentin Murphy [mailto: qmurphy at sympatico.ca]
>
> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
>
> Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 16:21:02 -0400
>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] BOMAR hatches
>
>
>
> Can anyone address why the screens that come with the hatches (mid
> cabin and<br>aft cabin) are a PITA to install? These are aluminium
> framed screens with<br>rounded corners that fit into a recess in the
> hatch. Then you just close<br>off eight white plastic levers that
> hold the screen assembly in place. If<br>only it was that simple.
> Anyway, it's not just a problem on our boat. I've<br>experienced the
> same problem on a friend's C-420. You're lucky if you can<br>turn two
> or three of the "latches" into the recess in the aluminium. I
> was<br>thinking of using a Dremal or similar small tool to grind away
> some<br>aluminium at these eight points on the frame. What have
> others done with<br>this problem as I've never been able to install
> these screens without great<br>difficulty, if at all? So after
> spending ten minutes, or so, trying to get<br>a screen in place, then
> you have to undo the whole thing if you want to<br>close the hatch if
> it starts raining (or run onto the deck
> and close it from<br>the outside). If bug season wasn't on the way, I
> would put them in a garage<br>for storage. Those cloth screens with
> weights don't work well in my<br>opinion, so I want to get the
> Catalina supplied screens to work as intended.<br><br>Quentin
> Murphy<br>Celtic Knot #667<br><br><br><br>-----Original
> Message-----<br>From:
> C320-List-bounces at catalina320.com<br>[mailto:C320-List-
> bounces at catalina320.com]On Behalf Of Steve Magennis<br>Sent: Friday,
> June 30, 2006 8:34 AM<br>To: C320-List<br>Subject: Re: [C320-list]
> BOMAR hatches<br><br><br>CR: The middle hatch (at least on our boats)
> is a Lewmar (as is the<br>escape hatch in the after berth). The
> hatches in the vee berth and the<br>head are Bomar
> (Pompanette).<br><br>I installed the Lewmar hinge kit for the screens
> in the two lewmar<br>hatches, while I had my canvas maker fabricate
> cloth screens for the<br>two bomar hatches.<br><br>The head screen was
> easy, but the vee berth needed a bit of thought<br>(because
> of the shade). What we ended up doing was permanently<br>mounting the
> aft edge of the cloth screen between the headliner and the<br>shade.
> When we want the screen gone, we roll it back to this position<br>and
> secure it with ties. To deploy it, we attached snaps along
> the<br>sides and the front edge, with velcro on the "shade" side (in
> effect,<br>we re-created the original configuaration of velcro from
> the headliner<br>to the screen, and essentially, have just inserted
> the screen (with its<br>cloth frame) between the headliner / hatch
> and the original shade.)<br><br>Steve<br>Alchemist #909<br><br>BTW,
> does anyone know when Catalina started installing that
> marvelous<br>Lewmar escape hatch in the after berth?<br><br><br>---
> crashley at gte.net wrote:<br><br>> What is "Pomanette"? I thought the
> middle hatch was a Lewmar.<br>><br>> CRA<br>> Rosebud
> #882<br>><br>><br>> ----- Original Message -----<br>> From: "Chris
> Burti" <cburti at yahoo.com><br>> To: "C320-List"
> <C320-List at catalina320.com><br>> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 8:03
> AM<br>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] BOMAR hatches<br>><br>><br>> > Don't
> recall the exact size, but it was at least 20"<br>> > and got it from
> Defender or SailboatOwners.com.<br>> ><br>> > On the crazing issue
> with the middle hatch. Pompanette<br>> > was repacing them free of
> charge two years ago for<br>> > hatches made somewhere 1999-2003.
> Seems they had a<br>> > defective batch. Purportedly, they required
> you to<br>> > send the hatch back, but could be talked into
> sending<br>> > the lens and gasket.<br>> ><br>> > --- amshd2 at aol.com
> wrote:<br>> ><br>> >> where did you get teh net and what size<br>>
> >><br>> >> Tony<br>> >><br>> >> -----Original Message-----<br>> >>
> From: Chris Burti <cburti at yahoo.com><br>> >> To: C320-List
> <C320-List at catalina320.com><br>> >> Sent: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 07:43:10
> -0700 (PDT)<br>> >> Subject: Re: [C320-list] BOMAR hatches<br>>
> >><br>> >><br>> >> I priced it with Bomar a couple of years
> ago and<br>> >> decided it wan't worth the expense and trouble.
> We<br>> >> wn't with one of those weighted bug nets and it has<br>> >>
> serves us well.<br>> >><br>> >> --- Neil Brand <nbrand04 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:<br>> >><br>> >> > Have looked at Bomar site. I am unable to
> find<br>> >> trim<br>> >> > ring and screen for forward hatch. Has
> anybody<br>> >> been<br>> >> > successful at purchasing screen to fit
> froward<br>> >> > hatch ?<br>> >> > Neil Brand<br>> >> > #
> 803<br>> >> ><br>> >> > Scott Thompson <sthompson at toad.net> wrote:
> My<br>> >> > recollection is that it's the 1000 Series Low<br>> >> >
> Profile Extruded. But<br>> >> > check out the "Tech Tips" section of
> their<br>> >> website,<br>> >> > which has info on<br>> >> >
> identifying your specific hatch and parts for<br>> >> same.<br>> >>
> ><br>> >> > Scott<br>> >> ><br>> >> > donauw at bellsouth.net wrote:<br>>
> >> > > Bomar lists several series of hatches...what<br>> >> > series
> is used on the 320?<br>> >> > ><br>> >> >
>> Regards,<br>> >> > ><br>> >> > > Don Dixon<br>> >> > > Stargazer,
>> #605<br>> >> > > Washington Island, WI<br>> >> > ><br>> >> ><br>> >>
>> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >>
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