After removing the portlights, discovered that all on the port side were wet and all on the starboard side were dry. Go figure. I'm wondering if there was a problem with a lot, different installers, or whatever? Bottom-line, I've been letting the cut-outs dry out (see picture of aft-most port cut-out. You can see the inner fiberglass shell is falling away from the plywood. Not having the same problem on the starboard side. I think I need to re-glue the fiberglass to the plywood before re-installing the portlights. I'm also planning to chisel out 1/2" or so of plywood on bottom edge of all port cut-outs and fill with marine epoxy. Anyone dealt with this problem before? Any suggestions. Murphy has taken up residence......
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This link should help....
From the photoforum. Port replacement on a H37C. I did the same expoxy filling (West System) on mine but replace the ports with the original Bomar/Gray
From the photoforum. Port replacement on a H37C. I did the same expoxy filling (West System) on mine but replace the ports with the original Bomar/Gray
I simplified.
I used Beckson Rain drains. The pictures in that link look like my boat and so does your picture Pete. I cut out the cabin to fit the new Rain drains and also trimmed the flanges to be flush on the outside. Then took everything off and glommed in a bunch of Marinetex epoxy and then reinstalled the frames with lots of white silicone sealant. (I followed Becksons web site instructions) The point is, I didn't do any pre-gluing of the skin-liner. It worked great. No leaks. Again, I simplified.
I used Beckson Rain drains. The pictures in that link look like my boat and so does your picture Pete. I cut out the cabin to fit the new Rain drains and also trimmed the flanges to be flush on the outside. Then took everything off and glommed in a bunch of Marinetex epoxy and then reinstalled the frames with lots of white silicone sealant. (I followed Becksons web site instructions) The point is, I didn't do any pre-gluing of the skin-liner. It worked great. No leaks. Again, I simplified.
Port openings
From what I see in your posted picture you simply have the liner slightly away from the plywood core. This is not realy an abnormal condition for Hunter in my experience. That little screw that shows in the picture was put in by the "craftsmen" at Hunter during assembly to hold the liner closer to the core. Not a big deal. I had thought of the under-cut and epoxy fill when I did mine but it just seemed like too much over-kill. Coat the wood with epoxy or Git-Rot ore something like that and slap in the new ports
From what I see in your posted picture you simply have the liner slightly away from the plywood core. This is not realy an abnormal condition for Hunter in my experience. That little screw that shows in the picture was put in by the "craftsmen" at Hunter during assembly to hold the liner closer to the core. Not a big deal. I had thought of the under-cut and epoxy fill when I did mine but it just seemed like too much over-kill. Coat the wood with epoxy or Git-Rot ore something like that and slap in the new ports
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