[C320-list] Replacing Salon Windows

[Chris Burti]

Dave,
The bevel is fairly easy to apply if you have a woodworker friend with a
router table or shaper.

Chris Burti
Farmville, NC


On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 11:51 AM, Dave Hupe <hoopdtwo at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I need/want to replace the 4 elongate side salon windows in my '94 320.
> One is leaking fairly significantly (onto my Nav Station), all have cracks
> around the original mount screw holes, and all are pretty scratched/hazed.
>
> I have gotten a quote from Catalina Yachts for $125 per new lens ($500
> total set).   Sailboatowners.com also will provide a set for $515 ($590 -
> $75 quoted discount) http://shop.catalinaowners.
> com/prod.php?52002/Catalina+Recessed+Window+Replacements
>
> I had previously purchased a Bomar hatch replacement lens through EBay
> (from Cesany Plastics Inc. in Florida; 954/568-2002) that was perfect and
> the least expensive source.  Cesany Plastics just quoted me $75 per
> replacement lens (so about $300 plus shipping for a set) which I plan to
> pursue. I expect this to be a very rapid turnaround (desired) compared to
> at least 3 weeks from Catalina.
>
> Catalina does not have templates for my windows (boat built in
> California).  They want the actual old lenses or tracings to make
> replacements.  Since my boat is outside, I obviously don't want to remove
> and send the lenses away to get replacements. So, making tracings will be
> the way I approach getting new lenses.
>
> All the information I have found say that the lenses are 1/4" thick.
> However, in pushing from inside on the lenses, the acrylic seems thinner to
> me.  Can anyone with an older hull confirm the 1/4" lens thickness?
>
> The lenses need to be beveled (or angled) on the inside edges to fit down
> into the window opening recesses.  Does anyone have experience with what I
> would need to communicate to a fabricator for the bevel/angle?  A guide
> from Catalina that I found (forget where exactly) suggests an approximate
> 45 degree angle rather than a rounded bevel on each inside edge.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave Hupe
> 1994 Cat 320 (Hull #32)
> Holland, MI
>