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




          
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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


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