Replacing Bomar Hatch Acrylic Lens

YYZRC

Has anyone tackled this? My 330's acrylic lenses were perfect but the 350 hatches are all cracked/crazed. 

Handymans342

Did you contact Bomar?

YYZRC

I did. No response yet. 

Handymans342

Patience grasshopper

YYZRC

Yes. I reached out to them last year and response took 4 weeks. Not urgent but always appreciate forum member experience!

Handymans342

Call them

YYZRC

Millennials don’t call. We email. 

YYZRC

Just heard back from Bomar. They don’t sell the “lid” separately. Gotta buy the whole hatch. 

Handymans342

YYZRC said:

Just heard back from Bomar. They don’t sell the “lid” separately. Gotta buy the whole hatch. 

Was that a millennial who called you back?

YYZRC

It was Tracy West who replied to my email... should I reply and ask her age?!

“I’m asking for a friend”

goalie59

I went through this last Fall, forget about trying to get ahold of Bomar. They take at least six months to get back to you and by then i had it all repaired and back on the boat. I dealt with a plastics company that removed the broken panel and replaced it with a matching piece of lexan. It wasn't cheap at $300.00 but looks perfect. 

goalie59

https://paplastics.com/    

You can call them and see what their turnaround time is if you ship them the hatch. 

YYZRC

Thanks @goalie59! That’s perfect. 

YYZRC

I forgot about this thread.  Finally getting around to dealing with this issue.

I created a CAD template (attached PDF) of the "glass" for the Bomar hatches in case anyone wants to replace their acrylic; I believe the hatches are the same size in the 2008+ 330/340 and 2008+ 350/360.

Here's the template cut out of vinyl and laid over the original hatch glass.



I sent the template to a few different vendors for quoting.

YYZRC

I received the replacement acrylic lenses, cost was about $150 USD for all three. The acrylic is cast acrylic 6mm charcoal grey transparent #2074. 

I cut the old lenses out of the frames. So far it’s been an easy process. Waiting on a tube of DOWSIL 795 to arrive to mount the new acrylic. 

aero3113

@YYZRC I’m sure they saved your file and the drawing will be available for future use. I’m always biting my fingernails when my daughters are walking around on the bow.  

TonyG13

@YYZRC - Was DOWSIL 795 used on the OEM skylights? Never heard of it until now, and a quick read sounds like it's pretty good stuff. My skylight - while it is not leaking - I have noticed the caulking is starting to show its age. So when the time comes, this would be good to re-bed it?  

YYZRC

From what I found through Google, yes, DOWSIL 795 was what Bomar used to bed the acrylic lenses.

https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f55/bomar-hatch-lens-replacement-228672.html