port lights

[crazywilbur]

Has any one replaced port hole lens?

[MarkD]

I just finished cleaning up the portlights on my typhoon. I painted the old chrome rims with Rustoleum hammered finish bronze, and replaced the old plexiglass (if that’s what it was) with new. A local place that does custom work with plexiglass cut the new ones while I waited. The whole process was cheap and easy, and I think the finished product looks pretty good. You’ll have to try to picture this without the blue cast from the overhead tarp.

[img]http://mysite.verizon.net/UnderSail/Ima ... tlight.jpg[/img]

There was an earlier thread where someone was planning on doing this with the hatches on their CD 28. I think you can probably find that thread by searching on portlight, plexiglass, etc.

[Carter Brey]

There's an exhaustive article on this subject in the May/June issue of Good Old Boat magazine. The title is In Search of Clarity.

The author, Chuck Fort, discusses the two commonly used types of plastic (polycarbonate and acrylic) as well as tempered and laminated glass. Their relative strengths and weaknesses and the reasons for these are thoroughly dissected. He also lists phone #'s and URL's of suppliers. I highly recommend the article.

Cheers,
Carter