Russ, On my 38, there are two 24x6 portlights on each side of the cabin. The cabin side at the aft one has very little curve and is easily within the allowance of the Lewmars'. The forward one had approximately 2-3mm (about 1/8") of curve as you described. Even with that much curve, I think that using butyl tape to seal them would allow enough "fudge-factor" for them to work with no problems. I'm going to go ahead and order the Lewmar's but it will be 6 or 7 weeks before I can get back down to the boat to install them. James Delaney C&C 38 mkII Oriental, NC ----- Original Message ----- From: jtsails To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 9:58 PM Subject: Re: Stus-List Old style aluminum frame portlight gasket
Russ, They are not designed to handle much curve, but I am not anticipating any problem there. I'll bed them with butyl and that will give a little room for error. I heading down to the boat tomorrow and verify with a straight edge. James Delaney C&C38 MKii Oriental, NC ----- Original Message ----- From: Russ & Melody To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 1:02 PM Subject: Re: Stus-List Old style aluminum frame portlight gasket Hi James, How will the Lewmar porthole handle the curve on the cabinside? My neighbour is doing something similar on his Newport 41 and there looks to be a 1/4" gap fore & aft with the middle in contact with the cabinside. Cheers, Russ Sweet 35 mk-1 At 09:24 AM 09/02/2013, you wrote: Rick, The cutouts in my cabin house are currently 24"x6". I'm planning to use the Lewmar standard portlight size 4. It requires a cutout of 24 11/16" x 6 3/4" so I'll have to do a little trimming on the cabin house to fit them. The corner radius is looks to be very similar, so I don't anticipate any problems. Defender sells them for $325 each. I wouldn't think that your boat would have different ports, but I guess it is possible. James Delaney C&C 38 MKII Oriental, NC ----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Brass To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 11:44 AM Subject: Re: Stus-List Old style aluminum frame portlight gasket Opening ports are on the wish list for my 38, but I plan to replace the two forward portlights. I've not found any that are 27 x 7 to fit the openings. What are you using, and how much will the ports cost? Rick Brass Washington, NC From: CnC-List [ mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of jtsails Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 11:21 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Old style aluminum frame portlight gasket My glass shop didn't want to mess with the spline and gasket, so he glued the plexi in with the same polyurethane that they use on car windshields. Looks pretty good, very similar to the original grey and he only charged me $20 per window, plexi included. I'm going to do the forward two window this way and replace the aft two windows with opening Lewmar portlights. James Delaney C&C 38 MKII Oriental, NC ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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