Re: Stus-List Advice on Window replacement on C&C 30 Mk1

[Rick Brass via CnC-List]

Richard;

 

This is a subject that gets covered often on the list. You will find a wealth of instructions on the DIY section of the Photo Album, or in the list archives.

 

But first, you will need to identify which version of portlights (the name for non-opening cbin windos) you have. Early boats came with an aluminum frame mounted to the cabin side, with a polycarbonate window pane mounted with a seal inside the window and a spline outside and holding the window into the frame. This version was common until the late 70s - say 79 or so.

 

Later boats had the portlights bonded to the outside of the cabin sides with a material called Plexus.

 

I have the aluminum frames on both of my boats. New lenses can be nade by any glass shop that repairs storm doors - the 1/4" smoked gray panes for my boats cost about $10 each. The inner seal can be bought at LOWES, a 20-25 foot roll of EPDM seal costs about $15 or so. I have part of a roll left over but it is in the storage shed. Someone on the list can give you a part number to purchase. The outer spline can be gotten from the glas shop, or bought on Ebay pretty cheaply. IIRC I paid about 40 cents a foot for the last I bought.

 

If you have the glued in windows, several listers have alternate suggestions for gluingnew panes to the cabin top. Keep in mind that the portlight becomes part of the structure of the boat and is subject to a lot of flexing and high loads, so you want to do the repair with that in mind.

 

If you tell us which style of portlight you have, we can provide more information to you.

 

Rick Brass

Washington, NC.  

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Jorgensen via CnC-List
Sent: Jun 2, 2014 10:25 PM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Subject: Stus-List Advice on Window replacement on C&C 30 Mk1

Both cabin windows on my C&C30 are leaking and need replacement.  Does anyone have any experience, advice or suggestions?

Thanks,

Rick Jorgensen

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