Replacing portlight glass Ericson 30+
"Shattered" as in pieces of glass all over a settee or just a pattern of cracks from being whacked with a block or a winch handle?
LB
LB
Shattered
It had an adhesive uv tint on it which kept it from going all over the settee but I finished that job trying to get it out. It doesn't seem like the frame comes apart. I removed all of the screws and the inner frame comes off but the groove holding the glass does not open up. I don't know if there is some give in the groove that allows you to "pop" the glass in and then seal around it or if I'm totally missing something.
It had an adhesive uv tint on it which kept it from going all over the settee but I finished that job trying to get it out. It doesn't seem like the frame comes apart. I removed all of the screws and the inner frame comes off but the groove holding the glass does not open up. I don't know if there is some give in the groove that allows you to "pop" the glass in and then seal around it or if I'm totally missing something.
tenders
Innocent Bystander
Hi Beanruben,
Very nice meeting and chatting with you this evening. I hadn't realized it at the time that it was you who had this difficulty or I would have asked more about your current window design, but you might find this thread of interest:
http://www.ericsonyachts.org/infoexchange/showthread.php?t=5968
I'm a big fan of butyl tape...my boat had been frustratingly leaky but after a couple of butyl tape sessions and a few window replacements, it is as dry now as it's ever been, even with all this season's rain.
Yes, the new frames are plastic, but they're matched on both sides so they look quite shipshape. (Feel free to take a look for yourself!) The glass is permanently sealed in them all the way around and will never leak. I will never bother attempting to clean up and reinstall the original gasketed 3-part aluminum frame again--if those suckers leak again they're getting replaced.
The windows came from Mark Hiscock at Mark Plastics:
http://sailmagazine.com/sail-buyers-guide/mark_plastics_go_marine_windows/
Very nice meeting and chatting with you this evening. I hadn't realized it at the time that it was you who had this difficulty or I would have asked more about your current window design, but you might find this thread of interest:
http://www.ericsonyachts.org/infoexchange/showthread.php?t=5968
I'm a big fan of butyl tape...my boat had been frustratingly leaky but after a couple of butyl tape sessions and a few window replacements, it is as dry now as it's ever been, even with all this season's rain.
Yes, the new frames are plastic, but they're matched on both sides so they look quite shipshape. (Feel free to take a look for yourself!) The glass is permanently sealed in them all the way around and will never leak. I will never bother attempting to clean up and reinstall the original gasketed 3-part aluminum frame again--if those suckers leak again they're getting replaced.
The windows came from Mark Hiscock at Mark Plastics:
http://sailmagazine.com/sail-buyers-guide/mark_plastics_go_marine_windows/
Go...
Thanks for the info on "Go Windows" ... I remember reading that this company had ceased operations many years ago. Perhaps they just reorganized or were purchased.
If memory serves, they once provided the ports for Newport sailboats.
LB
Thanks for the info on "Go Windows" ... I remember reading that this company had ceased operations many years ago. Perhaps they just reorganized or were purchased.
If memory serves, they once provided the ports for Newport sailboats.
LB
Ed Congdon
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