Ian_Edwards
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My Southerly has a Freeman series 2400 oval hatch in the base of the anchor locker, which provides access to the bow thruster compartment below.
In normal operation the anchor locker has 80m of 10mm galvanized chain in it, most of it sitting on top of the hatch.
The hatch has a SS T bar on top which operates the latches, the shank of the tee bar goes through the aluminum casting, and the shank is sealed by a bush, and possibly an O ring.
Looking from below, I can see daylight between the tee bar shank and the casting, which is the obvious source of at least one leak.
It looks like the O ring is missing, and perhaps the bush is worn. The hatch was installed by the builder in 2007, and it only gets opened a few times a year, to check the bow thruster compartment.
The Freeman website has a cross section of the assembly.
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The part numbers for the bush is 013-2058, and the bush and sleeve 013-2001.
I've also found a part number 0031-2203 for a kit, which includes the bush and sleeve, plus the pin, item 7 on the drawing, which has to be removed before the tee bar can be withdrawn. I'm not quite sure that this part number is correct, I got it from an American website, and it is describes as for "the standard hatch".
I've asked Northshore if they can supply the spares, I've contacted Halyard the UK agents for Freeman, 3 emails 2 phone call, but nothing more than "we'll have look", I've emailed the American site to see if the can deliver to the kit to the UK, but no reply.
The parts seem to be widely available in the US.
Has anyone any ideas where I might be able to source any one of the 3 parts I've listed?
or whether it is possible to just replace the O ring .... and what size that might be?
In normal operation the anchor locker has 80m of 10mm galvanized chain in it, most of it sitting on top of the hatch.
The hatch has a SS T bar on top which operates the latches, the shank of the tee bar goes through the aluminum casting, and the shank is sealed by a bush, and possibly an O ring.
Looking from below, I can see daylight between the tee bar shank and the casting, which is the obvious source of at least one leak.
It looks like the O ring is missing, and perhaps the bush is worn. The hatch was installed by the builder in 2007, and it only gets opened a few times a year, to check the bow thruster compartment.
The Freeman website has a cross section of the assembly.
.
The part numbers for the bush is 013-2058, and the bush and sleeve 013-2001.
I've also found a part number 0031-2203 for a kit, which includes the bush and sleeve, plus the pin, item 7 on the drawing, which has to be removed before the tee bar can be withdrawn. I'm not quite sure that this part number is correct, I got it from an American website, and it is describes as for "the standard hatch".
I've asked Northshore if they can supply the spares, I've contacted Halyard the UK agents for Freeman, 3 emails 2 phone call, but nothing more than "we'll have look", I've emailed the American site to see if the can deliver to the kit to the UK, but no reply.
The parts seem to be widely available in the US.
Has anyone any ideas where I might be able to source any one of the 3 parts I've listed?
or whether it is possible to just replace the O ring .... and what size that might be?
