Port Lazerette Modification

[Hugh Franklin]

Just bought my '77 Hunter 30 and am learning it. The previous owner modified with a new port lazerette in place of ( I guess) the pilot berth. Good for storage in port side cabinets and battery storage - bad for leaking through cockpit seat where he sawed out the lazerette lid. Piano hinges at the top of the lazerette lid (just below the winch)are covered on the outside with a plastic flap and that works ok, but where the cuts dip through the cockpit seat his plastic flaps are useless. I'm using stick-on foam pinched into the crack now,(and buckets beneath) but need a permanent fix.

 

[coleman brydon]

re port lazarette

I have an 81 h30 - the port seat lifts to reveala shallow tray - good for flags and the hatch boards but not much else. If yours was the samethen the leak is due to the fact that the original design called for water to flow down behind the seat and be channelled out on either side/ maybe you could use some split pvc pipe to re-create this drain.cb

 

[John]

Fiberglass

I would suggest geting yourself some glass cloth, some West Syttem Epoxy, and creating a drain channel. Not difficult, could take a little time. But the best long term fix.

 

[Pat McCartin]

Hugh...

Hugh,Would it be posible for you to post or e-mail pictures of you're lazarette from above with the lid open and posibly below. From you're description, it sounds like the old owner just cut out the tray that was moulded in. Pat

 

[Hugh Franklin]

Port Lazarette

Thanks for the replies. I'll try to get a photo to post when I'm down for the post-Isabelle cleanuu trip. I believe John is right that glassing in a channel is the best long term solution. There was no lid at all on this port seat, and no tray below. Just a pilot berth below a molded seat the owner cut through. Creating a form to glass to will be the hardest part due to the slope of the seat, and the need to drain into the cockpit.