I was not prepared to do the glued/taped windows on my C&C 36 XL/kcb when the windows were replaced this past spring. (They were both leaking and 'crazed' from the NC sun after 15+ year in it). The yard preferred to seal them with a proper sealant and then use screws to hold them in place--they were so reluctant to either glue or tape them (and stand behind their work!) that I gave up and let them do it their preferred way. Time will tell whether I made the best choice. OTOH, given the sun and heat, cabin-top flexing when racing or pounding into waves, etc. and without 'proper' window frames, I doubt any window fix is really permanent on our C&Cs.
Thus Mike's suggestion of screwed in windows, done reasonably correctly with a reasonable number of screws used to simply keep reasonable compression on the sealant, makes a lot of sense. It certainly makes the job easier and cheaper compared to the trouble of breaking a glued joint which leaks. It boils down to if the job is pretty easy and cheap, doing it more often (if required) might be preferable to the effort required to do replace glued in windows done less often. YMMV, Charlie Nelson Water Phantom 1995 C&C 36 XL/kcb cenel...@aol.com -----Original Message----- From: Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> To: cnc-list <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Hoyt, Mike <mike.h...@impgroup.com> Sent: Wed, Aug 31, 2016 10:19 am Subject: Re: Stus-List Window Leak Hmmm … beg to differ Over the years I have heard too many stories of the frameless C&C windows leaking and the difficulties rebedding. On top of that the one single persistent problem in the C&C 36 that we had new from 1980 thru 1990 was leaking windows and difficulty resealing. On our J Boat with screwed in windows I simply removed screws, removed window pane, cleaned edges of window and frame and then added a bead of silicon and screwed back in place. 20 minutes a window, no leaks and extremely simple However .. and it is a big however … screwed in windows where they were not supposed to be screwed in do not always look right. Our Niagara 26 used the same 35” aluminum extruded frames as the C&Cs of the 70s. Previous owner had decided to remove the frames and screw a piece of plexi over the opening. It looked awful. We purchased “new” frames from Rob at South Shore (they were new and sat outside unused for 20+ years) and it looked far better. Probably won’t look right on the 80s C&Cs either… My $0.02 Mike Persistence Halifax, NS (with glued in place windows and no frames or screws) From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com]On Behalf Of mike amirault via CnC-List Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2016 5:11 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: amira...@bellaliant.net Subject: Re: Stus-List Window Leak I agree with Alan; more screws are just going to make the leak worse. Get rid of the screws, fill the holes and glue the window with Sika, or Dow795 or VHB tape. _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you like what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
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