New Lazarette Covers

Hello Joel, please put me down for two covers, in the color that matches our gelcoat. Mailing address:
Robert Nehls
166 Lyndale Lane
Butte,MT 59701
How would you like to be paid, presonal check or money order? My home e-mail is: rdnehls@the global.net Thank you for the trouble of finding out about the new hatch covers, this has been an on going problem for me with contents getting soaked with any heavy rain or wash down.
Thank you, Chica
 
As usual I'm a little confused. I don't have any problems with my lazerette hatches leaking, have different type hatches been used throughout the years? Is this only a problem with newer boats or have I just not been paying attention?
 
Some of the older boats have a fiberglass cover that fully covers the access. A much better cover than the ones they are installing on the newer (mid 90s?) boats. I don't know what year they changed, but the ones they are using are NOT rated for horizontal applications. They allow water to gather in the seam and when you open them, the water goes into the lazerette.
When the factory replaced my boat, I had to insist that they do NOT use the current style cover. I met with Scot and Ricardo at the boat show earlier this year and showed them the difference.
These covers are rated for both horizontal and vertical applications and completely cover the access opening-- no water infiltration in the lazerettes.

Cheers,
Roger
 
Larry K/ The Odyssey.

My boat is a 2004 model and I installed my covers today. It was a straight forward job and you won't have a problem. The factory had used 5200 as a sealant, so getting the old ones off was the most time consuming part of the job. I ended up taping around the perimeter of the old covers with a plastic automotive masking tape to protect the deck and worked a very thin paring knife under and around the frame to cut through the old sealant. Plastic electrical tape would probably work just as well. I tried using several other tools including fish line but nothing worked as good as this. The existing cut out in the deck does not leave you much room for new screw holes on the hinge and clasp side of the cover. Fore and aft there is plenty of room. I found that I had to the hug the outside edge of the deck/gunnel to allow for enough room on each side for new holes. I bedded my covers with Boat Life Marine Sealant.
Best regards,
Rollie/C-Batical
 
Hi Rob,

Actually, the holes cut by the factory are larger than needed. That is the reason one has to be careful where the new covers are placed in order to assure that there is enough deck to hold the hinge and clasp side screws. I had probably a 1/4" on both sides to play with. I used the template and moved it around until I found the right location. I drilled a couple of holes using the template. Then I placed the cover down on the deck secured it with these screws, checked that the location was correct, and then drilled the remaining screws using the cover frame as a guide. I then removed the screws, bedded the hatch with Boat Life Sealant and reinstalled it. If your factory covers were in the same location as mine, the new covers will be a little closer to the edge of the gunnel/deck, particularly the aft outside corner, than you probably want but this is the only position tthat I was able to find that would assure that all screws had enough stock to screw into. If you need to cut out the hole, I would suggest using a saber saw with a fine blade. It is sometimes helpful to apply masking tape to the deck beforehand to minimize chipping and scratching of the fiberglass. A fine blade keyhole saw would also work.

I might add that these covers are awesome. Joel; did a wonderful service to us all by getting them for us. Thanks Joel.

Best regards,
Rollie/C-Batical
 
Joel,
I would also like two of the white lazarette hatch covers when you order next time. Thanks for doing this.

Jon
 
I sent out the last batch of hatches earlier this week.....I have sent just over 60 now.......hopefully everyone that sent me their address got them....... I still have a few more.(6 sets)......so if you want to order some, do it now....once these are gone I will not be ordering more until next summer...

Joel
SEA3PO
 
Put my new hatches in yesterday. A great improvement for me. The job was fairly easy. I used a sharp, thin knife blade and worked it around the lip of the old hatches. Then I tapped in small wooden wedges that I made from a dowel. This broke the silicon seal that I couldn't get to with the knife. Unfortunately, the cut out for the original hatches were almost too large for the new ones, but it worked out. I had to drill new holes in the deck as the screw pattern was different. New ones have an eight hole pattern, the old ones were ten. So, a little Marine Tex, a little silicon, and now, no more leaking!

Thanks again. Robbi

A note about the "leaking". My hatches did not leak (much) if the hatch was not opened. The problem is that if it rains, or you wash down the boat, water collects under the lid in a channel that runs around the rim of the hatch, just below the lid. When opened, about a 1/4 cup of water would run down from the lowest point of the rim, which for me is right over the electrical on the starboard side.
 
Hi Joel,

We'll also take a set -- the gel coat color if you have a set available.

Thanks very much and let me know how to get payment to you. I can PayPal it to you if desired.

Thanks again,
 
Don't forget to send me a pm with your mailing address so I know where to send them.....

I am down to my last three sets now.....

Joel
SEA3PO
 
I installed mine today. Like Robbi, my original hatches never leaked until you opened them, but then they dripped all over both batteries.

I was going to follow the lead of Rollie and Robbi and use a thin bladed knife to cut the sealer. I had even put down tape the whole way around to protect the surrounding gel coat. Right before I started with the knife, I pulled on the hatch frame to see how tight it was and it came right out. There was quite a bit of some kind of sealer, but it was not very hard to pull the hatch out. The second one came out the same way.

I used the thin edge of a wood shim to scrape 90% of the sealer off. I then sprayed the remainder with a light coating of this stuff called Marine Formula that I had bought to remove 4200 and 5200. It worked really well. Withing a few minutes that last of the old sealer was scraped/wiped off.

With the hatches out there was a fair bit of exposed wood coring. Some was sprayed with that interior gel coat they use, but probably half of it was bare. I mixed up several batches of 5 minute epoxy to coat the exposed wood and too fill the old holes. After drilling new holes, I bedded with clear Boatlife Life Seal and installed the new ones with 3/4" #10 flat headed stainless screws.

I am pleased with the final result. They look good and they feel very sturdy. That should be the end of the hatch problems. Thanks again Joel.

Rob
 
Joel,

Not sure how I missed this whole thread, but if you still have a jel-coat colored pair, I would take them for SleepyC. I will PM the address info, and I need the pay info. Don't have a Pay-Pal account. hope check or MO is OK. Thank's for your efforts in all this.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon
 
Major thanks to SEA3PO -- I installed the new covers today and they look and work great. We just bought the boat a few weeks ago, so you would think that the "original covers" would work -- but even though they "worked" they did not do the job correctly.

I used a steak knife to "open" up a small area under the old covers. Then I took a plastic putty knife and tapped it under the old cover with a hammer. I lifted on the putty knife and it pulled the cover right off. I then used the plastic putty knife to get 70% of the 5200 off, then a flat head screw driver to get 25% of the 5200 off, and then used a bit of MEK to remove the rest of the 5200.

I filled the old holes with epoxy, drilled the new holes, laid 5200 on the new covers, filled the new holes with epoxy, and installed the new covers.

Very easy process and now we actually have covers that will do the job.

Thanks Joel -- it is certainly nice for you to set this up for all of us.

Enjoy your evening...
 
I am finally out of Hatch covers.....gone through 70 so far... I have one person on the waiting list.... and if I can gather another four folks that want hatches I will order another case.....

SO...IF YA WANT ANY NOW IS THE TIME TO TELL ME... one last order before the winter and I quit ordering hatches......

The Hatches cost $35.55 each ($71.10 set) plus the $6.88 shipping from the factory to me...plus whatever it costs to ship em to you....that's it unless you live in California...and I have to charge sales tax.. ($5.15)

Last Call

Joel
SEA3PO
 
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