[C320-list] Leaking portlight

[Jack McDonough]

Yeh. Isn't it amazing how they do that?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chef Adam Weiner" <esquirecatering at rcn.com>
To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 6:37 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Leaking portlight


> With 88 people in the galley and cranking out 3,500 breakfast/lunch/dinner
> and about 2,000 mid-rats.
>
> Adam
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Jack 
> McDonough
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 1:15 PM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Leaking portlight
>
> Adam:
>
> I was on the USS Valley Forge from 1957 to 1960. (I was 5 years old at the
> time). The Valley, which has long since been scrapped, was an Essex class
> carrier. It was Christened just after WWII and saw action in Korea and
> Vietnam. The Nimitz is much newer and much bigger, of course.
>
> jack
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chef Adam Weiner" <esquirecatering at rcn.com>
> To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 8:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Leaking portlight
>
>
>> Jack, which carrier and when?
>>
>> The Navy wants me to teach on the NIMITZ?
>>
>> Adam
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
>> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Jack
>> McDonough
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 7:03 PM
>> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Leaking portlight
>>
>> Warren and Martin:
>>
>> Thank you for that tutorial. I must travel with the wrong crowd. In a
>> quarter century of sailing -- plus nearly three years aboard an aircraft
>> carrier --  I have never, ever heard the term "portlight." They were just
>> portholes. We always assumed that the glass was part of the package.
>>
>> jack
>> sure bet #947
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "warren updike" <wupdike at hotmail.com>
>> To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 2:42 PM
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Leaking portlight
>>
>>
>>> Port: A hole in the hull of a boat for observation. When below the water
>>> line, a port may have a watertight cover to prevent the ingress of 
>>> water.
>>> When above the water line, a port may have a cover that can be opened.
>>>
>>> Light: is the name used in architecture for a pane of glass or other
>>> transparent material used in a window or door.
>>>
>>> Thus, a port light is a transparent material used to close a port from
>>> the
>>> weather.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Jack McDonough [mailto:mcdonough5 at verizon.net]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 3:21 PM
>>> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Leaking portlight
>>>
>>> OK. I'll bite. What the hell is a portlight? A porthole with an LED? The
>>> red
>>>
>>> running light? Or is it a potty light that illuminates the head?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Bill MacRae" <seacalling at msn.com>
>>> To: <c320-list at catalina320.com>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 6:40 AM
>>> Subject: [C320-list] Leaking portlight
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I looked through the archives and could not find the o'ring size.  Does
>>> anyone know what size o'rings are used on the latches and any tips on
>>> replacing the gasket?   The portlights are the old style with the twist
>>> latches.  They do not leak around the outside bedding, but the gasket
>>> material is in bad shape and it may also be leaking around the o'ring 
>>> and
>>> down the latch.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
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