I have found my leak, and it is...

[Brian S]

My starboard side window.

Needless to say, I am not in the mood to pull the boat, so I can remove the window and reinstall it.

What I'm hoping to do is to tape off the cabin top, put a bead of 795 along the top of the window, and smooth into a nice fillet. I'm hoping this will stop the leaks until I haul out this fall, and fix it for real.

Any thoughts?

Also, the interior trim plate on my windows appears to be painted mahogany. Was this something a PO did? Anyone else with a 192 or 222 have a varnished wood trim plate on their windows? Because you just know this winter I'll be looking to remove, strip, and varnish that up if it really is wood. I mean, I know it's wood, because I can see the voids in the grain under the paint. The paint is very uniform, I'm wondering if the PO used a rattle can on it, not a paint brush. Worried about off-white paint all down in the grain...

Brian

 

[Gudenuph]

My starboard side window.

Needless to say, I am not in the mood to pull the boat, so I can remove the window and reinstall it.

What I'm hoping to do is to tape off the cabin top, put a bead of 795 along the top of the window, and smooth into a nice fillet. I'm hoping this will stop the leaks until I haul out this fall, and fix it for real.

Any thoughts?

Also, the interior trim plate on my windows appears to be painted mahogany. Was this something a PO did? Anyone else with a 192 or 222 have a varnished wood trim plate on their windows? Because you just know this winter I'll be looking to remove, strip, and varnish that up if it really is wood. I mean, I know it's wood, because I can see the voids in the grain under the paint. The paint is very uniform, I'm wondering if the PO used a rattle can on it, not a paint brush. Worried about off-white paint all down in the grain...

Brian

We carry a supply of toilet bowl ring wax for temporary (three or four weeks) leak stoppage. It is quick, flexible, fairly unobtrusive, can be applied or reapplied to a wet surface and easily removed with paint thinner. You know it's working when you see water beading on its surface.

Geohan

 

[Erieau]

My starboard portlight leaked too. After removing and rebedding, the dang thing still leaked. Water was coming in (and had been all along) between the plexi and its gasket. So I siliconed the exterior along the bottom of the plexi where it enters the gasket.
It still leaked.
I siliconed the sides.
It still leaked.
I siliconed the top.
The leak stopped.
There's an ugly bead of caulking all around the plexiglass, but my settee cushion is finally dry.