[C320-list] FW: Re: BOMAR hatches
Chris Burti
cburti at yahoo.com
Fri Jul 7 04:06:37 PDT 2006
Delicately! They are marked "outside" on the side
without the pull tab. Put them in with the two tabs
pointed up between the rubber gasket and the outside
frame. Gently push the bottom in. Push one side in and
then rub your thumb around the other side. If you see
black, you've pushed too hard and they will eventually
pop out. If you are careful you will soon get the hang
of it and then can put them in fairly quickly without
cussing too much. They will stay in very well untill
you, inevitably, kick one in.
--- Robert Seastream <seastream at adelphia.net> wrote:
> 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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> >> > Do You
>
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Chris Burti
"Commitment"
Catalina 320, #867,
Farmville, NC
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