Sven
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I thought our "wind event" over thankgiving and the subsequent return home had only resulted in some lost sleep and one lost handrail cover. Today I found out that it had also resulted in a cracked porthole pane :-(
It is the porthole right next to the chainplate and in retrospect I'm not surprised that the hull flexing could have caused it. We fell off some pretty steep head-on seas at we made 4 kts or less at full power for the last two hours returning back to MDR.
I know I've seen lots of porthole rapair threads here in the past and will start doing searches for them. In the meantime, it looks as if the inside of the porthole frame is attached with screws to it should not be that big a deal to remove the old one and get a new piece cut to fit ?
What material is the "glass itself actually made out of ?
Thanks,
-Sven
It is the porthole right next to the chainplate and in retrospect I'm not surprised that the hull flexing could have caused it. We fell off some pretty steep head-on seas at we made 4 kts or less at full power for the last two hours returning back to MDR.
I know I've seen lots of porthole rapair threads here in the past and will start doing searches for them. In the meantime, it looks as if the inside of the porthole frame is attached with screws to it should not be that big a deal to remove the old one and get a new piece cut to fit ?
What material is the "glass itself actually made out of ?
Thanks,
-Sven