[C320-list] Portlight and lighting fixtures

[Doug Treff]

Bruce,

Chances are that it's the gap between the upper and power frames that is leaking. No need to remove them to fix it. Below is a blog article procedure that I have used to successfully fix my opening ports. The article is for the fixed ports but the repair is the same, as the frame is built the same way. I had 4 leaking ports when I bought my boat and I have fixed them all with this procedure.

http://blog.taas.it/2013/05/for-catalina-36-ia-community.html

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Doug Treff
doug at treff.us

On Wed, Sep 28, 2022, at 12:12 PM, B. Stumpp wrote:
> Two issues we are dealing with, would appreciate your comments/suggestions: 
>
> 
>
> PORTLIGHT
>
> We have had an ongoing leak in one of the portlights on the starboard side
> of our 320. 
>
> Yesterday I removed the 8 screws that hold the portlight in place but the
> unit will not come out. 
>
> I've applied a lot of pressure but it does not budge and am reluctant to
> hammer or apply too much force.
>
> I believe the portlight has never been removed because we bought the boat
> one year old therefore should be factory installation.  
>
> Has anyone experienced this and, if so, how did you finally get the
> portlight removed?
>
> IT's possible the leak may be between the glass and the rubber.  If so, can
> the rubber gasket be replaced?   
>
> 
>
> LIGHTING FIXTURES
>
> We have been having problems with several of  the eight light fixtures in
> the salon. 
>
> Yesterday we realized the sockets that the two-pronged bulbs plug into have
> deteriorated.
>
> Catalina Direct lists the following fixture as a replacement: 
>
> 
> <https://www.catalinadirect.com/shop-by-boat/catalina-38/electrical/interior
> -lights/cabin-light-white-plastic-swivel-eyeball-led/?SearchResults=1> Cabin
> Light White Plastic Swivel Eyeball LED (catalinadirect.com)
>
> Has anyone replaced using these fixtures or are there other (better?)
> options available?    
>
> 
>
> Thanks for any guidance you can offer. 
>
> Bruce Stumpp
>
> #647, Adventure
>
> Frog Mortar Creek, Maryland