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A boat owner recounts the steps involved in removing, reshaping, and installing the new windows and trim. Good photos.
[The Bilge, USA]
Taken altogether, an extensive grab bag of facts and commentary on troubleshooting, installing, and repairing a wide variety of equipment. Techniques for any one job are useful but limited. Contains excerpts from hard-to-find bulletin board and newsgroup postings, as well as links to useful sites and vendor pages.
[Bill Dietrich, USA]
Brief grab bag of facts and commentary to help choose ports. Contains excerpts from hard-to-find bulletin board and newsgroup postings, as well as links to useful sites and vendor pages.
[Bill Dietrich, USA]
Description of how they make tempered glass for marine use. Also extra strengthening in a potassium nitrate bath, and different coatings to reduce light and heat transmission. Transmission can be varied with a rheostat. 8 pages with vendor list.
[Professional BoatBuilder, February 2003]
What causes leaks and what to look for in window defects. Aimed at the powerboat buyer or owner, but instructive for sailors.
[Yachtsurvey.com]
A boat-detailing company sets out the basic procedures to keep vinyl boat windows looking good. Also instructions for vinyl window restoration with a recommendation of the best protective product.
[BoatDocs1, Fort Walton Beach, FL, USA]
A 40-year-liveaboard couple describe the redesigns and upgrades they have made to their 40-foot cruiser over the years, including improvements to the cockpit windshield.
[SetSail.com, Charlotte, NC, USA]
These voluntary technical practices and engineering standards establish requirements for the design, construction, installation and testing of exterior hatch covers, port lights and doors on boats.
[American Boat & Yacht Council, Edgewater, MD, USA]
These voluntary technical practices and engineering standards establish guides for the selection of glazing materials used on boats in consideration of visibility, and to reduce, in comparison with ordinary sheet, plate or float glass, the likelihood of injury to persons as a result of contact with cracked or broken glazing material.
[American Boat & Yacht Council, Edgewater, MD, USA]
Hard to find and harder to fix, leaks from hull-deck joints, chainplates, stanchion bases, through-decks and through-hulls, deck drains, windows, windlasses, and packing glands are all suspects. The author gives tips on finding and fixing..
[Yachtsurvey.com]
Sealants, Adhesives and Caulks
Trying to reseal the window by smearing sealant on the outside is not only messy and ugly, but certainly doomed to failure.
Bob Schimmel
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