Replacing Bomar Hatch Acrylic Lens

YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,419 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited February 2023 in Rinker Express Cruisers Forum
Has anyone tackled this? My 330's acrylic lenses were perfect but the 350 hatches are all cracked/crazed. 



2006 390 EC
2008 350 EC
Georgian Bay
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Did you contact Bomar?
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,419 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I did. No response yet. 
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Patience grasshopper
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,419 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes. I reached out to them last year and response took 4 weeks. Not urgent but always appreciate forum member experience!
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Call them
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,419 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Millennials don’t call. We email. 
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,419 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Just heard back from Bomar. They don’t sell the “lid” separately. Gotta buy the whole hatch. 
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    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?
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,419 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 2021
    It was Tracy West who replied to my email... should I reply and ask her age?!

    “I’m asking for a friend”
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  • goalie59goalie59 Member Posts: 356 ✭✭✭
    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. 
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  • goalie59goalie59 Member Posts: 356 ✭✭✭
    https://paplastics.com/    

    You can call them and see what their turnaround time is if you ship them the hatch. 
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,419 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks @goalie59! That’s perfect. 
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,419 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2022
    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.
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    2008 350 EC
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,419 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2023
    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. 


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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,774 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @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.  
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  • TonyG13TonyG13 Member Posts: 1,438 ✭✭✭✭
    @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?  
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,419 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2023
    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
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,419 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Bump
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