Compartment under bow berth on 285

[3GGG]

I noticed there is a compartment under the bow berth that has multiple screws holding it down and a seal of some kind. Why was it done this way versus just having a board you can lift out? Probably a dumb question .

 

[Tally Ho]

My Hunter 280 had a water tank in the bow (plastic tank), and there was a plywood cover over that to form the V berth bed platform. It probably adds more strength and rigidity than a “loose” cover.

Do you have a water tank in the bow?

Greg

 

[3GGG]

My Hunter 280 had a water tank in the bow (plastic tank), and there was a plywood cover over that to form the V berth bed platform. It probably adds more strength and rigidity than a “loose” cover.

Do you have a water tank in the bow?

Greg

I havent removed the cover yet. I have been looking for the transducer for the depth finder. I assume the transducer is located in the bow as I cannot find it anywhere else.

 

[GGTaylor]

You should find the transducer in a small compartment just above the end of the flooring forward. Mine is accessed by a removable cover. I think you could also access it from above. There is a panel just inside the sliding doors just forward of the galley table.

 

[dlochner]

I noticed there is a compartment under the bow berth that has multiple screws holding it down and a seal of some kind. Why was it done this way versus just having a board you can lift out? Probably a dumb question .

Loose objects on a sailboat easily become projectiles on a day of salty sailing.

 

[3GGG]

You should find the transducer in a small compartment just above the end of the flooring forward. Mine is accessed by a removable cover. I think you could also access it from above. There is a panel just inside the sliding doors just forward of the galley table.

Ah. I will check that area out a little closer then. Thank you.

 

[3GGG]

Loose objects on a sailboat easily become projectiles on a day of salty sailing.

This thing has about 30 screws holding it down but point taken. Maybe I should call Geraldo to do a reveal?

 

[3GGG]

No luck in the compartment just forward of the flooring. Has to be in the big space under the bow berth.

 

[Dalliance]

Where are your water and waste tanks? Is this cover fiberglass? I know nothing about the 285, so this is probably wildly off, but my ‘82 H30 has tabbed in fiberglass tanks with screwed down and sealed fiberglass lids.

 

[3GGG]

Where are your water and waste tanks? Is this cover fiberglass? I know nothing about the 285, so this is probably wildly off, but my ‘82 H30 has tabbed in fiberglass tanks with screwed down and sealed fiberglass lids.

I have not seen any tanks other than a small 10 gallon? One in the stern.

 

[Dalliance]

I have not seen any tanks other than a small 10 gallon? One in the stern.

Fuel, water or waste? Where are the other two? I thought the fiberglass water and waste tanks were used by Hunter only a few years during the 70’s-80’s Cherubini period, but I don’t know. Your description of the screwed down lid sounds like my waste and water tanks. What is the material of the lid? If it’s wood, that’s not a tank lid. My fuel tank is below the cockpit and it’s aluminum.

 

[3GGG]

Fuel, water or waste? Where are the other two? I thought the fiberglass water and waste tanks were used by Hunter only a few years during the 70’s-80’s Cherubini period, but I don’t know. Your description of the screwed down lid sounds like my waste and water tanks. What is the material of the lid? If it’s wood, that’s not a tank lid. My fuel tank is below the cockpit and it’s aluminum.

My fuel tank is in the starboard stern compartment alongnwithbthe small metal tank I noticed. The lid on the bow compartment looks to be fiberglass. I assume that where the water tank is as there is a water port in the bows anchor compartment.

 

[leahcime]

If you haven't already figured it out it is in fact the water tank under the V berth.