I have been looking for years to replace the glass fixed ports in the main salon with opening ports. Has anyone found a solution?
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Ports replacements
Send me your email address and I'll send some photos on how I did it on my 35 wiroto@prodigy.net
Send me your email address and I'll send some photos on how I did it on my 35 wiroto@prodigy.net
New Ports
Last year I replaced the 3 fixed and 1 opening ports on my P30 with Beckson opening ports. All I had to do was 'square up' the oval shaped openings. Really quite a simple project...only took about 4 hours to replace all four ports. At the time, Sailnet was about $23 apiece cheaper than West Marine. They also had the necessary barrel nuts considerably cheaper than West. As to the salon glass, I had info several years ago from a vendor at a boat show, who said if I send him my glass windows, he could make new ones to size of 'tempered' plexiglas, curved to the same shape, and with opening ports in them. Since then I have misplaced the info, and have not seen anything like this offer anywhere else.
Last year I replaced the 3 fixed and 1 opening ports on my P30 with Beckson opening ports. All I had to do was 'square up' the oval shaped openings. Really quite a simple project...only took about 4 hours to replace all four ports. At the time, Sailnet was about $23 apiece cheaper than West Marine. They also had the necessary barrel nuts considerably cheaper than West. As to the salon glass, I had info several years ago from a vendor at a boat show, who said if I send him my glass windows, he could make new ones to size of 'tempered' plexiglas, curved to the same shape, and with opening ports in them. Since then I have misplaced the info, and have not seen anything like this offer anywhere else.
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