[C320-list] Leaking Portholes

[hcreech at comcast.net]

Walt, 

With Jon Vez's help I finished the repair to my portlights. They no longer leak and the job was much easier than I expected. One of the things I did during this process, which turned out to be unnecessary, was to take the inside half off just to look at the anatomy. The bomar tape, which I had previously purchased to fix leaks on the V-berth hatch is located inside the outside half of the portlight glued to the outside fiberglass, then when the outside hatch is tightened down it creates a water tight seal between the outside cover and the boat. At Jon's suggestion I did not touch this, I just re-caulked the outside upper half and gap after removing the old caulk with a dental pick. As I mentiond this was far easier than expected and now the 4 saloon portlights do not leak. None of the rest on the boat leak which I suppose is because they are on 90 degree angles while the saloon portlights are on a slight decline. 

Herb Creech 
Cloud Chaser 606 



----- Original Message -----
From: "Walter Schaffer" <bohpilot at yahoo.com> 
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com 
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 11:26:47 AM 
Subject: [C320-list] Leaking Portholes 

Some recent postings have mentioned Bomar Tape. Can someone tell me how it is used and where do you purchase it. 
tks, for help as usual. 
Walt Schaffer #515 
Bohemian II, Middle River, MD