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HELP!!!!!!
I am rather new to postinting here, but have been reading lots.
Hopefully someone can help. I am looking for the cabin windows for a 1976 F241. The old owner replaced them for one reason or another with Plexiglass. He never got it sealed up and the water came in .
Welcome aboard Scott. Try getting in touch with the folks at Beacon Marine, they run this forum and should be able to help you out. At the very least, they should be able to steer you in the right direction. I'm sure others with the same model will be along short with some input as well.
She was a 1969 36 ft wooden beauty with big blue 440s that we'll miss forever.
And thanks to the gang, 2012 Trojan Boater Of The Year
Bummer, no word from Beacon yet. The windows I am looking for are 16.5" x 3".
Atleast I have a little time while I am repairing all the water damage grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Well with no windows available besides 1 off custom ones, it looks like I will be removing the windows all together and glassing the hole closed. No more water probs
They never let much light in anyhow. I had to use cabin lights to see durring the day.
This must have been a "thing" with these old boats. The PO replaced all the glass windows in the main salon with smoked plexi as well. Of course they don't open and they also leak. Why the &*@%^& would anyone do that???
1970 36' Trojan Tri-Cabin Enc. Pilot House
aka "Basket Case"
383 Chryslers 280 HP V-Drives
Lincoln Harbor Yacht club
Weehawken, NJ
"If you continue on the course you are on, you run the risk of winding up where you are heading"
That is the cheapest way to go. I had 1/4 smoked lexan cut 1 1/2" beyond the window hole then screwed the new lexan on all around the edges with s/s srews and decorative washers, then used butyl tape as a gasket. No leaks and brand new windows!
I agree that it may be a matter of replacing the gaskets around the windows. I'm not familiar with the F241, but my F26 front cabin windows leaked a lot until I removed the windows, frame and all and replaced with new smoked Lexan and redid the gaskets. No leaks in over 6 years now. If they're the side windows I added gutters over the tops of the frames (black vinyl self-adhesive extrusion that match the frames) and that really solved any leaking. All the cabin windows on my boat are plastic. The cockpit area windows are glass.
Dark plastic windows will heat up and expand and all sealants will leak after time . Tempered glass will not expand as much. Make a template and take to a glass shop and they will be able to make you windows you can add any amount of tint to them then.
Not if you know how to handle the expansion of plastics and which sealants to use. There are some really good posts on window replacments (plastic and glass) on this forum.
The windows I am having problems with have no frames. It looks like the originals fit into a recessed pocket. With the openings only being 16.5"x3" I am thinking they are no great loss.
Soooooooo, witht that in mind. I have thought about cutting the plexi I took off, cut it to size, and install it into the pocket. Orrrr, glassing them over.
Both options are doable to me. I have materials t cover up the holes and add some gelcoat. The plexi that the previous owner installed is 1.5" bigger than the opening all the way around. It was held in with 14 screws evenly spaced around the opening. By looking at all the sealent I pulled and scraped out along with all the rot I am fixing, this was not the way to fix the window.
I just do not want to be messing with this again for a while. I am lucky that the ramp I launch from is not due to open for another 2 weeks.
Thanks for all the sugestiongs and Ideas
Scott
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