BrisHamish
Senior Member
- Joined
- Apr 7, 2016
- Messages
- 223
- Location
- Australia
- Vessel Name
- Beluga
- Vessel Make
- Grand Banks 46eu 2006 hull#289
Hi everyone from Brisbane!
I recently had the wheelhouse door on my 2006 GB 46 re-done with Awlwood and new rubber seals etc. Looks great, but in heavy spray or rain on my recent trip from Brisbane to Sydney and back the wheelhouse door leaks around the top.
The wheelhouse door has a single handle with a lock, and it is wooden so it is inclined to 'bow' a bit and not sit snug tight against the seals at either the top or the bottom of the door even when it is snug tight in the centre near where the lock is.
So I felt the solution was to install a second catch up the top of the door, to pull it in tight against the seal.
Turns out, because my GB is a 'newer' model, the wheelhouse door does in fact already have nice latches built into the top and bottom of the door, no doubt for precisely the reason which caused me to look into this (leaking in heavy rain or spray).
And here is my question for those who know these boats better than I - the latches are each operated by some type of device (a long Allen key perhaps) which slots in through a hole on the inside of the door. Does anyone please know what the device is, or has anyone got one and could photo it for me please? I cannot find anything on my boat which might fit.
Curious question I know, thanks to anyone who may be able to help.
Hamish.
I recently had the wheelhouse door on my 2006 GB 46 re-done with Awlwood and new rubber seals etc. Looks great, but in heavy spray or rain on my recent trip from Brisbane to Sydney and back the wheelhouse door leaks around the top.
The wheelhouse door has a single handle with a lock, and it is wooden so it is inclined to 'bow' a bit and not sit snug tight against the seals at either the top or the bottom of the door even when it is snug tight in the centre near where the lock is.
So I felt the solution was to install a second catch up the top of the door, to pull it in tight against the seal.
Turns out, because my GB is a 'newer' model, the wheelhouse door does in fact already have nice latches built into the top and bottom of the door, no doubt for precisely the reason which caused me to look into this (leaking in heavy rain or spray).
And here is my question for those who know these boats better than I - the latches are each operated by some type of device (a long Allen key perhaps) which slots in through a hole on the inside of the door. Does anyone please know what the device is, or has anyone got one and could photo it for me please? I cannot find anything on my boat which might fit.
Curious question I know, thanks to anyone who may be able to help.
Hamish.