Monday 9 May 2016

Windows

I reassembled the two aft cabin windows over the weekend, they went together easily although I found doing it with the Arbomast somewhat messy but maybe that was down to me. On my previous boat I rebuilt the windows but I used rubber channel for the seals it was certainly cleaner but  I had quite a bit of a struggle getting the larger saloon windows back together again. Using rubber channel seals on the Moody windows would possibly more problematic because the angled corners at the bottom of the window would make sealing more difficult, on the Bowman all four corners were rounded so that the rubber channel could be wrapped right round the glazing. After allowing the mastic to begin curing I found it easier to use a soft plastic scraper to remove the excess and then wipe over with white spirit.




Completed windows

The windows were sealed into the openings with butyl tape which leaves them easy to remove in future using Sikaflex, or similar, makes them difficult to remove without causing serious damage. The windows are secured with self tapping screws which screw through the sides of the coach roof into an inner aluminium frame it took a bit of fiddling to do single handed but by wedging pieces of timber across the coach roof I was able to get a couple of screws started and after that it was just a matter of working around the frame.










Windows in place

Please excuse the views of my feet but my camera does not have an optical view finder and when the sun is shining on the screen the picture becomes almost invisible. Rain was forecast for this afternoon but unfortunately it never materialised so I don't know if they are going to leak or not this has been one of the more satisfying tasks as it has enabled me to remove one of the tarpaulins that have cocooned the boat since I started the project visible signs of progress.

I spent the rest of the day sanding and varnishing the last four of the locker lids all I need to do know is work up the enthusiasm for taking the fore cabin windows out.

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