[C320-list] Portlight Replacement/Repair?

[David Wellerstein]

I’ll put this out to the list…

We had several heavy rains this year and our ’94’s port lights almost all leaked, some quite badly.  Even to the point where I avoid getting spray on them when I hose the boat down.  They are quite crazed (as am I) too.

We bought new rubber gaskets but they are an absolute B to put in and I’m not sure that’s the source of the trouble anyway.  I think the deck hatches are ok though I did need to re-affix the head hatch glass to the trim.  That seems to be holding.

Has anyone done a full port light replacement?  Order of magnitude cost?  They appear to be about $240 apiece from Catalina Direct so my simple math says that’s about $1700 for the ports.  Replacing them myself looks very involved, tedious and time consuming.  Is this something a general yard can do or are there specialists out there?  It appears the non-opening windows are watertight but should they be replaced as well?

Thanks as always!

David
C320 #118 Dream Catcher